About this flying site
The site has got just 200m elevation gain over the landing, Hence there is not a lot of time to find a therma, and one mistake will take you to the bombout at the landing.
San Raffaele Cimena paragliding site and weather forecast
Italian Alps. Live seven-day Alpine flying weather, launch directions and site information for San Raffaele Cimena.
Altitude419 m
Launch directionsS, SW
Coordinates45.1555, 7.8609
AreaItalian Alps
Flying profile
Best Workable Not recorded
San Raffaele Cimena is a flying site in the Italian Alps with a recorded launch elevation of 419 m. It works best in southerly and south-westerly winds, and can also work in south-easterly and westerly winds. Pilots fly it for thermal, using foot launch.
- Terrain
- Not recorded
- Lift
- thermal
- Launch
- foot launch
- Cross-country
- Not recorded
When the wind is wrong for San Raffaele Cimena
The nearest site we have rated for each wind direction San Raffaele Cimena doesn't cover.
Site briefing highlights
Short extracts from ParaglidingEarth. Read the full guide before you fly.
Take-off
...Paperino Small grassy field, only one glider at a time.
Landing
long lawn beside the road and next to the cemetery. There are other emergency landing fields but use them only when they are not cultivated
Access and parking
The site is private and inside a delimited teritory. One should inform the owner before using it.
Local weather notes
..http://www.osservatoriometeorologicodicastagnetopo.biz/web%20cam.htm The site is good when there is a wind from South. A very week wind from North can be tolerated but on the takeoff one must wait for the right cycle in order to take-off
Flight rules
Max altitude is 1067m AMSL! It is important to respect this limit. Donno fly beyond the Po river, the controlled airspace reaches down to the ground level there. Do not fly further south than 1km from Superga church.
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