Deltaclub Jungfrau-Tächi Grindelwald
Manages the site
Launch use is free; the club operates the launch and pilots must follow its instructions. The club website carries the Grindelwald flying-area rules, DABS link, weather station and webcams.
Waldspitz
Site · 1,980 m takeoff · 1,030 m height gain
Overview
Waldspitz is a flying site in the Swiss Alps with a recorded launch elevation of 1,980 m. No launch directions are recorded yet.
Waldspitz is a paraglider and hang-glider launch above Grindelwald (Bernese Oberland, Switzerland), on the slope below First, operated free of charge by the local club Deltaclub Jungfrau-Tächi Grindelwald.
Local clubs
When to go
Flyable days per month in a typical year.
Flyable days for Waldspitz 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
- Lift: thermal · Best time: Normal launch time 10:00-20:00; thermals from about 10:00; known for evening flights in stable summer weather. Source: Grindelwald, Waldspitz: Startplatz Waldspitz (360° virtual tour scene pano20804 with description; text in dcjt360_bootstrapdata/dcjt360_bootstrap_messages_en.xml, position in dcjt360_bootstrap_vr.xml)
- Club: launchable and flyable in all normal weather situations; often used together with the Teufi launch for evening flying. Source: Grindelwald, Waldspitz: Startplatz Waldspitz (360° virtual tour scene pano20804 with description; text in dcjt360_bootstrapdata/dcjt360_bootstrap_messages_en.xml, position in dcjt360_bootstrap_vr.xml)
Getting there
Nearest airports
- BRN Bern Airport51 km
- ZRH Zürich Airport97 km
- LUG Lugano Airport98 km
Where to stay
The nearest towns, for a bed, food and a lift to takeoff.
- Interlaken15 km awayBooking.comAirbnb
- Spiez28 km awayBooking.comAirbnb
- Sarnen31 km awayBooking.comAirbnb
Things to do
For the days the wind is wrong: places worth a visit within 10 km of Waldspitz.
First (Grindelwald)Outdoors · 1.3 km awaySummit of the Schwarzhorn in Switzerland
BachalpseeOutdoors · 2.5 km awayLake in Bernese Highlands, Switzerland
FaulhornOutdoors · 4.2 km awayMountain of the Bernese Alps
Schwarzhorn (Bernese Alps)Outdoors · 4.6 km awayMountain of the Bernese Alps
WildgärstOutdoors · 5.1 km awayMountain of the Bernese Alps
Gleckstein HutOutdoors · 5.1 km awayMountain hut near Grindelwald, Switzerland
Grosse ScheideggOutdoors · 5.4 km awayMountain pass in the Bernese Alps
MettenbergOutdoors · 5.5 km awayMountain in Switzerland
Flying nearby
See them on the map
Pilot notes
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Pilot notes on Waldspitz
Flying Waldspitz?
Takeoff, landing, rules, the hour by hour forecast and live wind are in the site details on the map.
Open site detailsSources
- Grindelwald, Waldspitz: Startplatz Waldspitz (360° virtual tour scene pano20804 with description; text in dcjt360_bootstrapdata/dcjt360_bootstrap_messages_en.xml, position in dcjt360_bootstrap_vr.xml) Summarised from the Grindelwald, Waldspitz: Startplatz Waldspitz (360° virtual tour scene pano20804 with description; text in dcjt360_bootstrapdata/dcjt360_bootstrap_messages_en.xml, position in dcjt360_bootstrap_vr.xml) (as of 2026-09-29). The club guide is authoritative; always check it before flying.
- Regeln Fluggebiet Grindelwald Summarised from the Regeln Fluggebiet Grindelwald (as of 2026-09-29). The club guide is authoritative; always check it before flying.
- Herbstjagd 2026: Wir nehmen Rücksicht (4 Sep 2026) Summarised from the Herbstjagd 2026: Wir nehmen Rücksicht (4 Sep 2026) (as of 2026-09-29). The club guide is authoritative; always check it before flying.
- Fluggebiet Grindelwald (SHV/FSVL site information board, 6-2024) Licence: not stated (maps © swisstopo; airspace © airspace.shv-fsvl.ch)
- Waldspitz – excursion destination and hiking paradise (line 127 Grindelwald – Waldspitz)
- ParaglidingEarth site record © ParaglidingEarth contributors (CC BY-SA)
- Grindelwald First - Pfingstegg - Waldspitz, 2167 Meter Licence: unknown (user-contributed; facts restated in own words)
- OpenStreetMap: Waldspitz bus stop (node 294936867), Berggasthaus Waldspitz (node 302386906), bus routes 127 (relations 3379750, 19580204) Licence: ODbL