Take-off
Top Gate gives best access to highest and steepest part of the hill. Height: 1880 ft AMSL. 920ft top to bottom. 660ft to emergency landing field. Capacity: About twenty, although competitions have seen a lot more.
Wether Fell paragliding site and weather forecast
Yorkshire Dales. Live seven-day flying weather, launch directions and site information for Wether Fell.
Altitude544 m
Launch directionsW, NW
Coordinates54.2756, -2.2043
AreaYorkshire Dales
Managing club: Dales Hang Gliding and Paragliding Club · Access: open sensitive
Flying profile
Best Workable Not recorded
Wether Fell is a flying site in Yorkshire Dales with a recorded launch elevation of 544 m. It is recorded as workable in westerly and north-westerly winds.
When the wind is wrong for Wether Fell
The nearest site we have rated for each wind direction Wether Fell doesn't cover.
Longridge fellnortherly wind, 50 km away · Pennine Soaring Club · 335 m · N, NW launchCow Closenorth-easterly wind, 14 km away · Dales Hang Gliding and Paragliding Club · 527 m · NE launchWhernsideeasterly wind, 14 km away · Dales Hang Gliding and Paragliding Club · 579 m · E, SE launchSemer Watersouth-easterly wind, 4 km away · Dales Hang Gliding and Paragliding Club · 491 m · SE launchStags Fellsoutherly or south-westerly wind, 6 km away · Dales Hang Gliding and Paragliding Club · 469 m · S, SW launch
Site briefing highlights
Short extracts from Dales Hang Gliding and Paragliding Club. Read the full guide before you fly.
Access and parking
Drive along the Cam High Road (Roman Road) towards Bainbridge. Close the gate even if you find it open. Continue through the walled section, and park by the top (pedestrian) gate without blocking the track.
Hazards and cautions
- At the SW end of the ridge pilots can startle unsuspecting car drivers coming over the blind brow. Paragliders can bottom land in the field with the disused Mine Workings although this requires a slope landing technique. The Duerley Beck field is the preferred bottom landing field for hang gliders. Do not allow yourself to drift behind the Cam High Road wall. For hang glider top landings a crosswind tracking approach is recommended.
- Pilots must close the gate at the start of the Cam High Road (Roman Road), even if it is open. Belted Galloway (cows) now grazing the take-off field, which probably explains why the farmers is so keen to keep the gate closed. Belted Galloways have a reputation for being quite feisty. It remains to be seen how they will react to hang glider and paragliders...
- Although the track can be rough, do not drive on the grass - stick to the track until you reach the official parking place.
- Hang glider emergency bottom landing field at West Duerley Farm now has some electric fences (and Belted Galloways) - take care.
- Saturdays: avoid overflying any active shoots to the NE of take-off.
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Paragliding sites near Wether Fell
Semer Water4 km away · Dales Hang Gliding and Paragliding Club · 491 m · SE launchDodd Fell5 km away · Dales Hang Gliding and Paragliding Club · 515 m · W, NW launchStags Fell6 km away · Dales Hang Gliding and Paragliding Club · 469 m · S, SW launchBrant Side9 km away · Dales Hang Gliding and Paragliding Club · 493 m · SW launchNappa Scar11 km away · Dales Hang Gliding and Paragliding Club · 514 m · SW launchCow Close14 km away · Dales Hang Gliding and Paragliding Club · 527 m · NE launch
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