Take-off
grass sloap , 4 glides can taking off together.
Les carroz d'araches paragliding site and weather forecast
French Alps. Live seven-day Alpine flying weather, launch directions and site information for Les carroz d'araches.
Altitude1,797 m
Launch directionsNW
Coordinates46.0308, 6.6702
AreaFrench Alps
Flying profile
Best Workable Not recorded
Les carroz d'araches is a mountain site in the French Alps with a recorded launch elevation of 1,797 m. It works best in north-westerly winds, and can also work in northerly and westerly winds. Pilots fly it for ridge soaring and thermal, using foot launch.
- Terrain
- mountain
- Lift
- ridge soaring and thermal
- Launch
- foot launch
- Cross-country
- Not recorded
Recent forecast scores
Day scores for Les carroz d'araches from Magic Skyweed's latest forecast runs (17 Sept, 15:34 UTC), on our 0–100 flying scale. The live forecast scores every hour against your own glider and limits.
- Thu 17 Sept53/100 Marginal · top-to-bottomhigh confidence
- Fri 18 Sept54/100 Marginal · top-to-bottomhigh confidence
- Sat 19 Sept44/100 No-go · top-to-bottomhigh confidence
- Sun 20 Sept32/100 No-go · top-to-bottommedium confidence
- Mon 21 Sept33/100 No-go · top-to-bottommedium confidence
- Tue 22 Sept61/100 Good · top-to-bottommedium confidence
- Wed 23 Sept68/100 Good · top-to-bottomlow confidence
When the wind is wrong for Les carroz d'araches
The nearest site we have rated for each wind direction Les carroz d'araches doesn't cover.
Agy planenorth-easterly or south-westerly wind, 7 km away · 1,275 m · N, NE, SW, W, NW launchPlaine Joux (Passy)easterly wind, 11 km away · 1,353 m · N, NE, E, SE, NW launch · thermalFriolandsouth-easterly wind, 9 km away · 1,746 m · SE, S, SW launch · thermalPlatésoutherly wind, 8 km away · 2,166 m · S launch
Site briefing highlights
Short extracts from ParaglidingEarth. Read the full guide before you fly.
Landing
Araches for all pilots: from the village, go to 'Les Carroz' and stop your car near the advertising 'atterrissage vol-libre'. Follow the signs. Les Carroz (Les Flocons Verts) only for good pilots: enter in 'Les Carroz' ski-station.
Access and parking
From the high-way go out at 'Cluses centre'. Then follow the 'Les carroz' direction.
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Paragliding sites near Les carroz d'araches
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