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Take-off – Boulder
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- Direction
- NNEESESSWWNW
- Coordinates
- 40.0561, -105.3000
- Altitude
- 1905 m
- Region
- Colorado, US
- Landing
- 0.8 km from the take-offView on map ↗
Take-off description
35-45 Minutes hike from end of Locust St. in Boulder. Three launch sites, with a maximum of 600 ft. vertical.
Getting there
West end of Locust St. in the Northern end of Boulder, west of Broadway St.
Weather
As always in Colorado on the Front Range, be careful of westerly winds and over development. You can get local weather links on this website: https://redtailparagliding.com/weather/.
Rules / airspace
United States Hang Gliding & Paragliding Association. membership with rmhpa.org
Comments
With a careful effort to get up after launch, you can generally soar once you are above the ridge. Difficult but possible to do XC flights from here. Occasional glass off. It grows on you.