Take-off – Santa Maria
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- Direction
- NNEESESSWWNW
- Coordinates
- 46.2672, 9.1378
- Altitude
- 1210 m
- Region
- Graubünden, CH
Take-off description
Please respect the grass limit. Please avoid driving up. Take the bus at the Stop Bivio Calanca to Santa Maria village, then hike up 20min.
Getting there
By Bus until Santa Maria village. Hike up to take off. Please AVOID driving up with your private car. People from the village could complain if you do!
Weather
Please keep an eye on the south wind, sometimes it can get strong, which could make landing in Grono quiet tricky! This is specially true in sommer. www.cvlt.ch/vento
Rules / airspace
https://www.shv-fsvl.ch/fileadmin/files/redakteure/Allgemein/Sicherheit/SHVInfotafeln/Santa_Maria.pdf
Comments
Santa Maria in Calanca, is a versatile site. In the late morning, you can thermal in front of the take off or you can try to fly direction Mesocco. In the evening, there is always sidewind at the take off, which make it a little bit tricky sometimes. For the best evening flights, head south and try to soar or thermal at the entry of the Calanca valley. If you reach 1600-1700m you can try to fly over Roveredo and continue thermalling over the Torre di Bogiàn site, then back again over Santa Maria. :)