Startplaces

Thanks to the beneficent influence of the Mediterran Sea, this site is suitable for acro all the year. Even in the winter, during the day the temperature could be much more than 10 degrees and thermalable days are quite often. But be careful, due to the microclimate, the wind’s direction could change fast after sunset. You reach the water at around 500 meters, but it's quite easy to get higher on sunny days.

Startplace: It’s accessible by car and than few minutes walk. The main take-off site is big enough for 4-5 glider and it’s covered by carpet.

The flying site of the legendary RedBull-Vertigo competition.
Access to the startplace is by car and is approximately 30-40 minutes long from Villeneuve.

On Madeira Island there are about 25 startplaces and few of them is very good for acro. All of them are accessible by car.

Around the beautiful lake of Bohinj there are several startplaces.
The most suitable for acro training and competitions is the Vogel. This is a ski resort, situated south above the lake, at 1665 m AMSL. Best wind direction is NE. Take the cable car and the chairlift to Orlove Glave. From the top of this chairlift the take-off is just 100 m to the left. You can reach the lake about 800 m high by a simple glide.
The cost for the cable car and chairlift is around 2000 sit (8 EUR) for one way.
Because this area is a National Park, you have to pay around 4 EUR for the car parking.

The Schrina take-off is overlooking the beautiful Walensee in Eastern-Switzerland. There are many SIV trainings hosted here however the altitude over the water is really not that good!

2 different startplaces :

1) NE,N,NW : at 2109m, on top of mountain, easy to start, great to groundhandling/soaring, 5min. hiking from cableway

Around the well known lake Annecy I know 3 take off places. On the north of the lake there are two large start place with rug.

easy startplace, nice flight in swiss alps.

for the cable car see www.torrent.ch

Voss is one of the most famous flying sites in Norway. This breathtaking area is situated in Northern Norway, about one hour driving from Bergen.

Ossiacher See is situated in southern Austria, only few kilometers from Villach and it is one of the best places to practice over water. It’s easily accessible by motorways (A10, A11, A2) and there is a cable car running to the top. Every season there is a large acro community present training here.