RATES
ADULTS (+15 years old)
- from 130€/person/day
INCLUDED
- Instructors.
- On-site shuttles.
NON INCLUDED
- Licence and insurance.
- Ticket for cable car.
- Food and drink.
CROSS
COURSE
To infinity and beyond !
From 110 €/day/person
(+15 years old)
1 à 5 days
WHAT AWAITS YOU:
You are an autonomous pilot, you fly regularly under thermal conditions, frequently flirt with the clouds base and you have desires to go further.
Chamonix Paragliding offers a true learning to fly away, a real know-how.
We will discuss together, one by one, the key points of a cross successful flight.
Course open from 3 peoples.
Cross initiation Chamonix Paragliding Site selection from the general weather forecast and local wind conditions:
- Choice of flight? Preparation? What to think? What are the pitfalls? To describe a path on a map? Thermal zones? Know and understand the local air regulations ...
- Flying techniques: pathways, thermals, why drive to the "foot" sensation, observation ...
- Tactical flight: rise, transit, walk, temporize, to place, avoid traps, use its instruments ...
- Preparation: physical, mental, equipment ...
- Manage security: ensuring placement, identify "cows", analyze, anticipate ...
- Debrief the flight: understanding his mistakes, refine its choices, establish a line of work, expand their vision, explore its trace ...
- The flight of plain theoretical: technique, tactics, there weather, micro-upper air, the mind, the hardware ...
2025 course:
CROSS-COUNTRY COURSE LEVEL 1:
Dates: April 19 to 21, 2025 Location: Combe de Savoie
Pre-requisites: Be autonomous in take-off and landing. Be able to fly 1hr in thermal conditions.
LEVEL 2 CROSS-COUNTRY COURSE:
Dates: April 26 to 27, 2025 Location: Combe de Savoie
Pre-requisites: Autonomous landing and take-off. Be able to fly 2hrs in thermal conditions.
LEVEL 2 CROSS-COUNTRY COURSE:
Dates: May 24 to 25, 2025 Location: Passy
Pre-requisites: Autonomous landing and take-off. Be able to fly 2hrs in thermal conditions.
CROSS TRAINING LEVEL 2/3:
June 7 to 9, 2025. Location: Passy
Pre-requisites: Be autonomous in take-off and landing. Be able to fly 3hrs in thermal conditions.
CROSS TRAINING LEVEL 3:
July 5 to 7, 2025. Location: Passy
Pre-requisites: Be autonomous in take-off and landing. Be able to fly 3hrs in thermal conditions.
PRACTICAL
INFORMATION
Course date:
see description above
POINT DE RENDEZ-VOUS
ADDRESS
Chamonix parapente, 11 avenue du Savoy 74400 Chamonix
or depending on the weather forecast.
GPS POINT
45.925662337090799 / 6.8696308135986301