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Live seven-day Alpine flying weather with launch direction, altitude and local site information for Serpaton - Gresse en Vercors.
Site briefing
Serpaton - Gresse en Vercors is a paragliding launch in the French Alps. Its recorded elevation is 1,577 m and its mapped launch aspects are E, SE. Compare the live forecast at launch with winds aloft, gusts, cloud base, rain and daylight before checking current local access and airspace information.
See local indications at the parking before take off. Local pilots use it with south wind, to go to the north. Best flights: landing in the leman lake's district. Another flight: turn 'la dent du chat' summit, at the Chartreuse extreme north, and coming back.
Very big, with grass. early in season you can find snow on the road. Be sure it's not, if not you will walk long time...
Well, there are many fields around. This site is essentially interesting to xc flights... Be careful, to land in a field with grass already cut !!!
go to 'Gresse en Vercors'. Before the village go to the left, to the 'serpaton' direction. Park your car near the fence and walk 15 mn.
be carefull with west wind, you are under the wind. If you wait too much on the take off the breeze can coming in your back, from 'Gresse en vercors' valley.
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