Has anyone ever seen such a landing zone? Over dozens miles the San Luis Valley stretches all the way down to New Mexico... This makes coming down like a childrens game.

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Yet also in the air, one has there fun and there is also a large cross country flight potential in the zone named also Little Owens Valley. One has here in 2000 ft a visible inversion, that can be broken through with some patience, and cheerfully soar further up.

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Weather: this tends to be a strong wind site, suitable mostly for hang gliders rather than PG's. July thru Aug. tends to have a monsoon weather pattern which produces huge cumulonimbus clouds. Flying in the presence of these clouds can be VERY hazardous. For PG's to fly safely, the forecast winds should be 10 mph or less. The winds on launch/ top can be 2X the landing zone.
XC to the south is limited by the 'Great Sand Dunes' Nat.Park. Do NOT land there!! (About 50km south from launch)

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Startplätze Startplatz: Launch GPS-Koordinaten: 38° 17' 31'' N,105° 52' 56'' W Startrichtung: S SW W Schwierigkeit: mittel Höhe über NN: 2920 viele Windspione.

Landeplätze Landeplatz: LZ GPS-Koordinaten: 38° 16' 6'' N,105° 53' 52'' W Schwierigkeit: leicht Höhe über NN: 2600 aber im Prinzip quasi überall ;-)

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