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Les Landes Smelly Bay

SW to W facing ridge site · 70 m takeoff

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Overview

Les Landes Smelly Bay is a hill site in UK with a recorded launch elevation of 70 m. It works best in south-westerly and westerly winds. Pilots fly it for ridge soaring, using foot launch.

  • Great views but not as exciting as others. Very little thermal lift. One can fly over a lot of large German artillery gun barrels that were thrown over the Grosnez cliff at the end of the war. Source: ParaglidingEarth

When to go

Flyable days per month in a typical year.

Flyable days for Les Landes Smelly Bay are on the way. We are scoring ten years of weather for every site, month by month, against this site, its region and the sites around it.

Getting there

Nearest airports

  • JER Jersey Airport6 km
  • GCI Guernsey Airport33 km
  • ACI Alderney Airport51 km

Plan to reach the landing field or the nearest town to Les Landes Smelly Bay; most takeoffs are reached by shuttle, cable car or a ride from a local pilot. Data: © OpenStreetMap contributors

Where to stay

The nearest towns, for a bed, food and a lift to takeoff.

Things to do

For the days the wind is wrong: places worth a visit within 10 km of Les Landes Smelly Bay.

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Sources

Short extracts from ParaglidingEarth. Read the full guide before you fly.

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