About this flying site
Rather nice flying site offering panorama over the Caselette village and its monastery. It is a rarely frequented flying site, because it is very difficult to find any useful thermals in the area, or soar in dynamics.
Monte Musinè paragliding site and weather forecast
Italian Alps. Live seven-day Alpine flying weather, launch directions and site information for Monte Musinè.
Altitude786 m
Launch directionsS
Coordinates45.1087, 7.4646
AreaItalian Alps
Flying profile
Best Workable Not recorded
Monte Musinè is a mountain site in the Italian Alps with a recorded launch elevation of 786 m. It works best in southerly winds, and can also work in easterly, south-easterly and south-westerly winds. Pilots fly it for thermal, using foot launch.
- Terrain
- mountain
- Lift
- thermal
- Launch
- foot launch
- Cross-country
- Not recorded
When the wind is wrong for Monte Musinè
The nearest site we have rated for each wind direction Monte Musinè doesn't cover.
Site briefing highlights
Short extracts from ParaglidingEarth. Read the full guide before you fly.
Take-off
Rather inclined and smooth takeoff field from the eastern crest of the mountain. Takeoff is to the south. Easily reachable by approx 30-40min trekking from the central square of the Caselette village.
Landing
Fields around. No info on official landing sites (info to be updated as soon as some info is available). Avoid landings on cultivated land or with livestock. Be polite if it happens to face the landowner.
Access and parking
From Turin: 1) Take whatever road and get to Alpignano, from there follow indications to Susa or Caselette. 2) From Tangenziale take the exit 'Statale 24' and follow the indications to Susa or Caselette.
Local weather notes
Do not fly with strong westerly and especially with foen winds. Check the weather forecast, foen may take you by surprise, appear in just 30min out of nowhere and produce up to 70kmh very turbulent wind.
Flight rules
Pianezza airfield is nearby, their circuit is always on the west (towards mountains) and at 700ft AGL, so beware of light sport aircraft traffic.
Check current site guidance
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