Flying Sites - Lake Tahoe-Reno Area
Duck Hill, NV, USA #
- Launch: (39.2246,-119.7793) @ 1798m = 5900ft MSL topo 3D
- LZ: (39.227,-119.7933) @ 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: SpotAir
Thermal Map
- Notes:
Hotsprings Mountain, NV, USA #
- Launch:
- LZ: (39.0805,-119.7432) topo
- Weather at launch:
- LP1: current conditions + 5-day forecast, forecast area,
now,
12h,
24h,
48h,
72h,
Windy
- LP2: 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:
McClellan, NV, USA #
Palomino, NV, USA #
- Launch:
- LZ: (39.8171,-119.6363) @ 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, H2 w/ instructor recommended.
- Sticker:
- See also: SpotAir
Thermal Map
- Notes: Shallow launch, often high winds.
Peavine Mt, NV, USA #
- Launch:
- LZ:
- Weather at launch:
- bowl: current conditions + 5-day forecast, forecast area,
now,
12h,
24h,
48h,
72h,
Windy
- tower: 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: https://paraglidingweatherreno.com/
SpotAir
Thermal Map
- Notes:
Petersen Mountain / Rainbow Ridge, NV, USA #
- Launch:
- LZ: City park LZ: (39.6911,-119.9649) @ 1554m = 5100ft MSL topo 3D
- Weather at launch:
- lower: current conditions + 5-day forecast, forecast area,
now,
12h,
24h,
48h,
72h,
Windy
- middle: current conditions + 5-day forecast, forecast area,
now,
12h,
24h,
48h,
72h,
Windy
- upper: 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:
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 #
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.