French Alps · Paragliding site
Live seven-day Alpine flying weather with launch direction, altitude and local site information for Les 2 lacs.
Site briefing
Les 2 lacs is a paragliding launch in the French Alps. Its recorded elevation is 2,381 m and its mapped launch aspects are N, NW. Compare the live forecast at launch with winds aloft, gusts, cloud base, rain and daylight before checking current local access and airspace information.
Evening flight
On ski slope, face to thermal winds from the Belleville valley. Access by sky lift in winter, or road in summer. Evening flights, good place to fly more hours. Just near chairlift wire, so take care at left, take off in thermic axis, so strongest place for winds.
near station, on slope or road Best is to land on top, near take off, in station take care changings winds cause off thermics
Val Thorens, go to the slopes by 'Rue du Soleil', and climb by foot or car to the Restaurant des 2 lacs Chairlift des 2 lacs
North brings strong thermal winds, south brings strong Foehn
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