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Take-off – Braunwald 'Kiosk'
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- Direction
- NNEESESSWWNW
- Coordinates
- 46.9384, 8.9980
- Altitude
- 1245 m
- Region
- Glarus, CH
- Landing
- 1.0 km from the take-offView on map ↗
Take-off description
Just 2min walk from cable car Station 'Braunwald'. Note: When the valley wind gets strong, you may launch into a rotor. A launch from Gumengrat may be a good alternative.
Getting there
cable railway
Weather
Föhn; valley wind! - Föhndiagramm: http://www.meteocentrale.ch/de/wetter/foehn-und-bise/foehn.html - Wind arrows: http://wepro.meteotest.ch/maps/smn/smn_dd.gif
Rules / airspace
Wild life protection area on opposite side of valley > see pix! Airspaces in Switzerland are a tough subject, get all the info you can get before flying: https://www.flyland.ch. DABS (active danger areas etc): https://www.skybriefing.com/portal/
Take-off parkingView on map ↗