Take-off – The 'V' (at Bountiful)
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- Direction
- NNEESESSWWNW
- Coordinates
- 40.9110, -111.8450
- Altitude
- 1929 m
- Region
- Utah, US
- Landing
- 2.7 km from the take-offView on map ↗
Take-off description
Drive up from Bountiful skyline drive, Parking near lookout. Walk out to Launch for main take off. Or near gard rail for south launch. Simple site for sled ride or thermals
Getting there
Drive up from Bountiful, UT,Skyline drive
Weather
Beware of gust fronts and the east wind coming over the back of the mountain between 7:00 - 7:30
Rules / airspace
Ceiling at 10500ft/msl; no restrictions behind ridge (to the east) > see SLC sectional chart at https://skyvector.com/
Comments
This place is one of the nicest sites here in the SLC area: - drive up to within 200m of launch; - nice grassy launches in different directions; - huge, grassy LZ (with many bail-out options); - different thermal triggers; - good xc potential; - no critical power lines.