2.5 hours Cliffside (Rufus, Oregon) 11/17/18

Flying sites in Pacific NorthWest:

http://pdxhanggliding.blogspot.com/2015/03/i-live-in-portlandor-and-do-fly.html

Where to learn Hang Gliding in Pacific Northwest:

  http://pdxhanggliding.blogspot.com/2018/05/where-to-learn-hg-in-pacific-northwest.html

 

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It was like no gravity exist at Cliffside today. Super buoyant conditions 1.5 hour before sunset.

Report: Cliffside was awesome today with extremely smooth thermals mixed with plenty of ridge lifts kind of day. I launched at 1:30 and landed at 4:30pm. Thermals went up to 2,200 ft AGL. Six hangs (Tim B, Tim C, Tim B, new H2 Tom, Mark R, Rob A, Rick L) + approx 30 + PGs all had unlimited soaring flights. Tomorrow's forecast looks a bit lighter than today, but I think it'll continue being another awesome day. After 3 hrs of flying today, I'll be heading home tonight.

 

Lift line over the Columbia river that allow me fly to Oregon side.

Cliffside weather alerts: 
Air stagnation advisory remains in effect from today to Wednesday... which means winds will be stay light and cloudy skies with low ceiling. It's flyable but hard to tell how much soarable windows (or none). High chance of getting a sledders.