Flying Sites - Sierra Nevada
Copper Mountain, CA, USA #
- Launch:
- LZ:
- Weather at launch:
- E Launch: current conditions + 5-day forecast, forecast area,
now,
12h,
24h,
48h,
72h,
Windy
- SE Launch/KM 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: PGE:15072
SpotAir
Thermal Map
- Notes: E launch is a shallow launch at high altitude, SE launch is steep launch with extremely limited setup area. Watch out for rotors from behind.
Lee Vining, CA, USA #
McGee/Magee, CA, USA #
- Launch:
- LZ: Main: (37.601,-118.7984) @ 2073m = 6800ft MSL topo 3D
- Weather at launch:
- Live weather:
- Webcams:
- Soundings:
- WindTalker:
- Aeronautical chart: SkyVector
- Official page:
- Requirements: Unregulated. H3, H2 w/ instructor recommended.
- Sticker:
- See also: SpotAir
Thermal Map
- Notes: 4x4 required. Road to upper McGee is rugged, narrow, and rocky.
Slide Mountain, NV, USA #
- Launch: (39.3199,-119.8674) @ 2499m = 8200ft MSL topo 3D
- LZ: (39.3089,-119.8229) @ 1554m = 5100ft 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: https://paraglidingweatherreno.com/, HangGliding.org, FlyZephyr
SpotAir
Thermal Map
- Notes: good first mountain. Beware wind over the back.
Spooner, NV, USA #
Walt's Point/Horseshoe Meadows, CA, USA #
Wolf, CA, USA #
- Launch: (38.3381,-119.5729) @ 2804m = 9200ft MSL topo 3D
- LZ: (38.3507,-119.5274) @ 2057m = 6750ft 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. Experienced H3/H4 recommended.
- Sticker:
- See also: SpotAir
Thermal Map
- Notes: Very technical site. Must be able to perform crosswind flat-slope launch at high altitude. Long glide out. Be prepared for W wind over the back, don’t get bit by the Wolf.
Yosemite / Glacier Point, CA, USA #
- Launch: Glacier Point: (37.729,-119.5728) @ 2195m = 7200ft MSL topo 3D
- LZ: Leidig Meadow: (37.7377,-119.6039) @ 1189m = 3900ft MSL topo 3D
- Weather at launch: Glacier Point: current conditions + 5-day forecast, forecast area,
now,
12h,
24h,
48h,
72h,
Windy
- Live weather:
- Webcams:
- Soundings:
- WindTalker:
- Aeronautical chart: SkyVector
- Official page: https://www.yosemitehg.org/
- Requirements: H4, permit
- Sticker:
- See also: https://parkplanning.nps.gov/projectHome.cfm?projectID=21599
SpotAir
Thermal Map
- Notes: May 1 to October 1 only. Launch 7-9:30am. Land 7-10:30am. Permit required.
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.