French Alps · Paragliding site
Live seven-day Alpine flying weather with launch direction, altitude and local site information for Le Grand Mont.
Site briefing
Le Grand Mont is a paragliding launch in the French Alps. Its recorded elevation is 2,652 m and its mapped launch aspects are NE, E, SE, S. Compare the live forecast at launch with winds aloft, gusts, cloud base, rain and daylight before checking current local access and airspace information.
small report here: http://www.vol-nature.fr/blog/vol-montagne-beaufortain/
summit montain, grass slope.
You can land in the bottom of the valley, near 'Cevins' or 'La Bathie'. You can land in 'Le Villard', on the road to the car park, if you don't want to walk too much. 'Le Villard' is not a easy landing: trees, slope, road, houses.
Just before the town of 'Benetant': a 4x4 ride on road 1km, although a steep path on the right begins to climb 700m in altitude to the refuge where you can sleep. (more informations in french here : http://www.refuges.info/point/2350/cabane-non-gardee/beaufortain/chalet-de-chizeraz-ou-chizeruz/ )Then you have 600m to walk to the summit.
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