About this flying site
Chedde landing site is usually more crowded, higher chances of getting shuttles from there.
Plaine Joux (Passy) paragliding site and weather forecast
French Alps. Live seven-day Alpine flying weather, launch directions and site information for Plaine Joux (Passy).
Altitude1,353 m
Launch directionsN, NE, E, SE, NW
Coordinates45.9496, 6.7397
AreaFrench Alps
Flying profile
Best Workable Not recorded
Plaine Joux (Passy) is a mountain site in the French Alps with a recorded launch elevation of 1,353 m. It works best in northerly, north-easterly, easterly, south-easterly and north-westerly winds, and can also work in southerly, south-westerly and westerly winds. Pilots fly it for thermal, using foot launch.
- Terrain
- mountain
- Lift
- thermal
- Launch
- foot launch
- Cross-country
- Not recorded
Recent forecast scores
Day scores for Plaine Joux (Passy) 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.
- Fri 18 Sept59/100 Marginal · local thermalhigh confidence
- Sat 19 Sept51/100 Marginal · top-to-bottomhigh confidence
- Sun 20 Sept41/100 No-go · top-to-bottommedium confidence
- Mon 21 Sept47/100 No-go · top-to-bottommedium confidence
- Tue 22 Sept66/100 Good · top-to-bottommedium confidence
- Wed 23 Sept68/100 Good · top-to-bottomlow confidence
Site briefing highlights
Short extracts from ParaglidingEarth. Read the full guide before you fly.
Take-off
At Plaine Joux. Wide take off, nicely prepared. Can be windy the afternoon (valley brise)
Landing
Two landing sites exist: Chedde and Batistock, both just 1km apart. Batistock site is much bigger and suitable for hang gliders. Chedde is smaller, more technical but still suitable for beginners.
Access and parking
Getting to launch site: 1) by car, approx 15min drive up. If you are alone, try to ask around, possibly there may be other pilot(s) willing to go up, so one car you can keep at landing. 2) by shuttle.
Local weather notes
Avoid flying with strong west, south west wind. With west wind coming, the landing is hard to reach, and conditions can be really turbulent. Very well protected from north wind. It is still flyable even with insane north wind.
Flight rules
The cliff behind the takeoff is part of the national park - it is not allowed to fly closer than 300m from it. The cliff more to the to the west is OK to fly close.
Check current site guidance
Paragliding sites near Plaine Joux (Passy)
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