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Take-off – Lower Ripley - CLOSED DO NOT FLY
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- Direction
- NNEESESSWWNW
- Coordinates
- 49.2510, -119.6080
- Altitude
- 770 m
- Region
- British Columbia, CA
- Landing
- 0.8 km from the take-offView on map ↗
Take-off description
PERMANENTLY CLOSED, PRIVATE LAND. DO NOT FLY. see Upper Ripley launch instead. Ripley lower launch is a gentle grassy slope with an elevation of 770 meters. About a 30 minute easy hike up the north side.
Getting there
Drive from Twin Lakes to Willowbrook,BC and continue 1 km south past the firehall or come in from White Lake observatory via OK Falls, BC through the village of Willowbrook, and again turning south at the firehall. Hard to miss the open field with the wind sock. Park on the side of the highway, NOT in the field.
Rules / airspace
no restrictions
Comments
This is best flown into an easterly wind.