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Take-off – Otto's Ridge
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- Direction
- NNEESESSWWNW
- Coordinates
- 39.2789, -108.9950
- Altitude
- 1536 m
- Region
- Colorado, US
- Landing
- 0.2 km from the take-offView on map ↗
Getting there
from Grand Junction: take I-70 west to exit 11 (Mack); turn right, after crossing railway turn left on Old Hwy 50 until reaching 2.8 road; turn right; at gas pump station left across a steep hill, then first right. Drive to TO coordinates.
Weather
this site is only flown early in the morning in catabatic winds; flying normally stops as soon as thermal activity sets in.
Rules / airspace
ridge rules!
Comments
a little bit like the Point of the Mountain (South side) in Salt Lake City, but the ridge is much longer.
Take-off parkingView on map ↗Landing parkingView on map ↗