Boise - flying the foothills
http://www.boiseweekly.com/boise/grounded/Content?oid=1643966
As spokesman for the Idaho Hang Gliding Association, it's a sport
close to his heart, but for the past three months, the City of Boise has
prohibited Kangas and other hang gliders from flying at Boise's only gliding
hill.
Shortly after the city used $4.1 million in Foothills Levy Funds to purchase the
Hammer Flat property north of Highway 21 near Lucky Peak Reservoir from a bank
in March, Boise Parks and Recreation locked access gates leading up to the
700-acre area and posted "no trespassing" signs.
This has angered hang gliders like Kangas who had been using the Crow Gliding
Area north of Ben's Crow Inn for more than 35 years with the permission of the
former landowners. The next closest hill is at Pickle Butte, south of Lake
Lowell about one hour from Boise.
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