About this flying site
Although a small site at which ridge runs are the most common type of flight there are good xc possibilities in spring
Southern Scotland · Paragliding site
Moorfoots paragliding site and weather forecast
Live seven-day flying weather with launch direction, altitude and local site information for Moorfoots.
Altitude420 m
Launch directionsNW
Coordinates55.7776, -3.0364
AreaSouthern Scotland
Managing club: Lanarkshire and Lothian Soaring Club · Access: open sensitive
Site briefing
Planning information for Moorfoots
Take-off
An altimeter set to current QNH should be carried due to the prescence of airspace above 3500 feet. With optimum soaring conditions it is possible to launch below the road otherwise cross the road and walk up hill approximatly 40m to a level platform called Wull Muir. In light conditions walk west along a track past an old quarry to Launch on Broad Law or Torfichen Hill. XC Tips: If considering XC airspace above 3500 feet must be opened in accordance with the Letter of Agreement here and note carefully the altitude limits which step up gradually as you fly SE until clear of the Scottish TMA Top Landing Notes: Top landing straightforward anywhere above the road. Bottom Landing Notes: Anywhere in front of the hill. Take care during lambing season. Beware that the land below the road slopes away at 1:7 so you may have a long walk.
Access and parking
Park in the obvious lay by. Please leave sufficient space for large articulated lorries turning into and out of the rocket range track. If you don't your car is liable to be damaged. Getting there: 20kms SE of Edinburgh just off the A7 Edinburgh to Galashiels road. Take the B7007 Innerliethen road and park at the crest of the road before it turns south.
Flight rules
Airspace restricts height
Local guidance
Hazards and cautions
- Fast moving traffic on the B7007. Barbed wire fence at the top of the hill. Windfarm with a height of 1558 feet behind Wull Muir launch. There are often hill sheep which present no particular issue outside lambing season. However, if there are cattle in the area they are not used to human contact and easily spooked so pleas avoid.
- Airspace: Edinburgh CTA above 3500 feet
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