About this flying site
this SW facing take off is the best in the valley if you want to fly late in the afternoon and just soar mild termo-dynamic
Montefalcone (Recoaro- Vicenza) paragliding site and weather forecast
Italian Alps. Live seven-day Alpine flying weather, launch directions and site information for Montefalcone (Recoaro- Vicenza).
Altitude1,533 m
Launch directionsSE, S, SW, W
Coordinates45.6642, 11.2107
AreaItalian Alps
Flying profile
Best Workable Not recorded
Montefalcone (Recoaro- Vicenza) is a mountain site in the Italian Alps with a recorded launch elevation of 1,533 m. It works best in south-easterly, southerly, south-westerly and westerly winds, and can also work in northerly, north-easterly, easterly and north-westerly winds. Pilots fly it for ridge soaring and thermal, using foot launch.
- Terrain
- mountain
- Lift
- ridge soaring and thermal
- Launch
- foot launch
- Cross-country
- Not recorded
Site briefing highlights
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Take-off
45°39'50.86''N 11°12'38.01''E; alt about 1600m. From the end of the chairlift go down the skislope keeping right for 3-400 meters: take off is facing the south west side (the opposite side of the chairlift).
Access and parking
-take the cable way from Recoaro town center to Recoaro Mille,then 2km by shuttle bus and then chairlift to Montefalcone [2018 edit: chairlift and cable way are no more in use] -on the road from Valdagno to Recoaro just before the village…
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