Sites de vol

Décollage – Crestline (San Bernardino)

Direction: NNEESESSOONO
Coordonnées: 34.2360, -117.3130
Altitude: 1590 m
Région: California, US
Atterrissage: à 4.8 km du décollageVoir sur la carte ↗

Description du décollage

A moderate size area where 2-3 PG can setup at the same time. You park you vehicule in the parking behind launch which is accessible with any vehicle (asphalt road). There is another launch (Marshall Peak) which is about 300m (1000') lower in case the wind is too strong here. Paragliders use Crestline instead of Marshall to lengthen a sledder when conditions are too weak for staying up.

Accès

There are excellent maps on the site of instructors Rob and Diane McKenzie, who teach hang gliding and paragliding every day at Marshall. Find the maps here: http://www.flytandem.com/justmaps.htm Shuttle info: http://flytandem.com/shuttle.htm

Météo

Summer conditions mid-day are usually very strong and can be dangerous. Dust devils blow through the LZ. Pilots are encouraged to launch after 5 pm on their first flight and work earlier as they see how they like it. Wx info: http://www.crestlinesoaring.org/weather Webcams: http://www.crestlinesoaring.org/ptzcam

Réglementation / espace aérien

Airspace info (for XC-flights): http://www.crestlinesoaring.org/SBDairspace

Commentaires

There are normally higher winds here than at the Marshall launch which is about 300m (1000') lower. Marshall is an unusually reliable site, especially in the summer. Beginning May 1 there are often 100 soarable days in a row. How high you get and how far you might go XC depend on your skill but also largely on the day's conditions. Southern California often has a temperature inversion that limits soaring to 300-600 meters over Marshall launch, but some days are much higher. Non-CSS-members have to sign a waiver and pay a daily fee of 10USD! USHPA membership required! > see: http://www.crestlinesoaring.org/siteProtocols