Flying Sites - Owens Valley
Alabama Hills, CA, USA #
- Launch: North Launch: (36.6618,-118.1291) @ 1585m = 5200ft MSL topo 3D
- LZ:
- Weather at launch: North Launch: current conditions + 5-day forecast, forecast area,
now,
12h,
24h,
48h,
72h,
Windy
- Live weather:
- Webcams:
- Soundings:
- WindTalker:
- Aeronautical chart: SkyVector
- Official page:
- Requirements: Unregulated.
- Sticker:
- See also: SpotAir
Thermal Map
- Notes: “There may well be places to get other wind directions nearby. Once you launch, ridge soar until a thermal comes through, then get up and fly south”
Black Eagle, CA, USA #
- Launch: (36.8183,-118.043) @ 2134m = 7000ft MSL topo 3D
- LZ: bailout LZ: (36.8173,-118.0942) @ 1250m = 4100ft MSL topo 3D
- Weather at launch: current conditions + 5-day forecast, forecast area,
now,
12h,
24h,
48h,
72h,
Windy
- Live weather:
- Webcams:
- Soundings:
- WindTalker:
- Aeronautical chart: SkyVector
- Official page:
- Requirements: Unregulated. H4, Experienced H3 recommended.
- Sticker:
- See also: SpotAir
Thermal Map
- Notes:
Cerro Gordo, CA, USA #
- Launch:
- LZ:
- Weather at launch:
- lower: current conditions + 5-day forecast, forecast area,
now,
12h,
24h,
48h,
72h,
Windy
- upper [no access as of June 2019]: current conditions + 5-day forecast, forecast area,
now,
12h,
24h,
48h,
72h,
Windy
- Live weather:
- Webcams:
- Soundings:
- WindTalker:
- Aeronautical chart: SkyVector
- Official page:
- Requirements: Unregulated. H4, Experienced H3 recommended.
- Sticker:
- See also: SpotAir
Thermal Map
- Notes: First 100 mile flight on a hang glider was flown from Cerro Gordo. Road from Cerro Gordo town to lower LP is a rough 4WD road. Road to peak locked off. Long glide.
Flynn's, CA, USA #
- Launch: (37.3884,-118.295) @ 1707m = 5600ft MSL topo 3D
- LZ: (37.3871,-118.3172) @ 1250m = 4100ft MSL topo 3D
- Weather at launch: current conditions + 5-day forecast, forecast area,
now,
12h,
24h,
48h,
72h,
Windy
- Live weather:
- Webcams:
- Soundings:
- WindTalker:
- Aeronautical chart: SkyVector
- Official page:
- Requirements: Unregulated. H3, H2 w/ instructor recommended.
- Sticker:
- See also: SpotAir
Thermal Map
- Notes:
Gunter / Gunther, CA, USA #
- Launch: (37.4682,-118.2631) topo
- LZ: (37.4207,-118.3344) topo
- Weather at launch: current conditions + 5-day forecast, forecast area,
now,
12h,
24h,
48h,
72h,
Windy
- Live weather:
- Webcams:
- Soundings:
- WindTalker:
- Aeronautical chart: SkyVector
- Official page:
- Requirements: Unregulated. Experienced H3 recommended
- Sticker:
- See also: SpotAir
Thermal Map
- Notes: Better road than Paiute. Shallow launch, long glide to LZ, often blows out.
Mazourka, CA, USA #
- Launch:
- LZ: badger flat bailout: (36.9703,-118.0982) @ 2652m = 8700ft MSL topo 3D
- Weather at launch:
- north: current conditions + 5-day forecast, forecast area,
now,
12h,
24h,
48h,
72h,
Windy
- southwest: current conditions + 5-day forecast, forecast area,
now,
12h,
24h,
48h,
72h,
Windy
- south: current conditions + 5-day forecast, forecast area,
now,
12h,
24h,
48h,
72h,
Windy
- southeast: current conditions + 5-day forecast, forecast area,
now,
12h,
24h,
48h,
72h,
Windy
- Live weather:
- Webcams:
- Soundings:
- WindTalker:
- Aeronautical chart: SkyVector
- Official page:
- Requirements: Unregulated. H4/H3 recommended.
- Sticker:
- See also: SpotAir
Thermal Map
- Notes: Long drive. Shallow launches. Can handle strong N and S winds better than other Ownen’s Valley launches.
Paiute/Piute Mountain, CA, USA #
- Launch:
- LZ: (37.5111,-118.3497) @ 1311m = 4300ft MSL topo 3D
- Weather at launch:
- upper: current conditions + 5-day forecast, forecast area,
now,
12h,
24h,
48h,
72h,
Windy
- lower: current conditions + 5-day forecast, forecast area,
now,
12h,
24h,
48h,
72h,
Windy
- Live weather:
- Webcams:
- Soundings:
- WindTalker:
- Aeronautical chart: SkyVector
- Official page:
- Requirements: Unregulated. H3 recommended
- Sticker:
- See also: SpotAir
Thermal Map
- Notes: 4x4 recommended. Watch for sharp rocks, road regularly eats tires.
Walt's Point/Horseshoe Meadows, CA, USA #
The "Weather:" links for each site are based on latitudinal and
longitudinal coordinates of the launch.
The National Weather Service generates forcasts for a large number of
retangular-shaped "forecast areas" place in a grid all over the US.
The size of these areas is 2.5-by-2.5 km.