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Take-off – Prarie Mountain
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- Direction
- NNEESESSWWNW
- Coordinates
- 50.8882, -114.8070
- Altitude
- 2190 m
- Region
- Alberta, CA
- Landing
- 2.9 km from the take-offView on map ↗
Take-off description
Big grassy field facing SW, nice to wing. No major obstacles. The hike is approximately 1.5 to 2 hours depending on fitness and weight of gear.
Getting there
From Calgary take 1 Transcanada Highway to West(or highways 8 or 22X depends on what part of the city you are), take HW 22 to Bragg Creek, then take HW 66 to Elbow Falls. There is hike route to the top of Prairie Mountain. It's about 1hour hike to the top.
Weather
The site has strong winds pretty often.
Comments
initialy imported from International Leonardo
Landing parkingView on map ↗