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Santa Maria

S to SW facing ridge site · 1,210 m takeoff

Site details on the map

Overview

Santa Maria is a mountain site in the Swiss Alps with a recorded launch elevation of 1,210 m. It works best in southerly and south-westerly winds, and can also work in south-easterly and westerly winds. Pilots fly it for ridge soaring and thermal, using foot launch.

  • Santa Maria in Calanca, is a versatile site. In the late morning, you can thermal in front of the take off or you can try to fly direction Mesocco. Source: ParaglidingEarth

When to go

Flyable days per month in a typical year.

Flyable days for Santa Maria are on the way. We are scoring ten years of weather for every site, month by month, against this site, its region and the sites around it.

Local weather notes

  • Please keep an eye on the south wind, sometimes it can get strong, which could make landing in Grono quiet tricky! This is specially true in sommer. www.cvlt.ch/vento Source: ParaglidingEarth

Getting there

Nearest airports

  • LUG Lugano Airport34 km
  • MXP Milan Malpensa International Airport78 km
  • BGY Il Caravaggio International Airport80 km

Plan to reach the landing field or the nearest town to Santa Maria; most takeoffs are reached by shuttle, cable car or a ride from a local pilot. Data: © OpenStreetMap contributors

Where to stay

The nearest towns, for a bed, food and a lift to takeoff.

Things to do

For the days the wind is wrong: places worth a visit within 10 km of Santa Maria.

From Wikipedia, text and photos under their own licences on each article.

Flying nearby

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Pilot notes

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Flying Santa Maria?

Takeoff, landing, rules, the hour by hour forecast and live wind are in the site details on the map.

Open site details

Sources

Short extracts from ParaglidingEarth. Read the full guide before you fly.

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