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La Pesse

South-facing thermal site · 1,587 m takeoff · 1,083 m height gain

Site details on the map

Overview

La Pesse is a mountain site in the Italian Alps with a recorded launch elevation of 1,587 m. It works best in southerly winds, and can also work in south-easterly and south-westerly winds. Pilots fly it for thermal, using foot launch. It is recorded as suitable for cross-country flights.

When to go

Flyable days per month in a typical year.

Flyable days for La Pesse 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

  • 1) Westerlies, northerlies or foen winds. Do not fly! Extremly turbulent and dangerous. If forecasts give northerlies but on takeoff you find a gusty wind from south, it's a rotor. Source: ParaglidingEarth

Getting there

Nearest airports

  • TRN Turin Airport64 km
  • MXP Milan Malpensa International Airport98 km
  • NCY Annecy Meythet airport109 km

Plan to reach the landing field or the nearest town to La Pesse; 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 La Pesse.

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 La Pesse?

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.

Alpine paragliding sites · Read the paragliding weather guide