Monte Tenchia
SE to SW facing thermal site · 1,837 m takeoff · 1,279 m height gain
Overview
Monte Tenchia is a mountain site in the Italian Alps with a recorded launch elevation of 1,837 m. It works best in south-easterly, southerly and south-westerly winds, and can also work in easterly and 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 Monte Tenchia 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
- Very dangerous with strong north wind Source: ParaglidingEarth
Getting there
Nearest airports
- TRS Trieste Airport89 km
- KLU Klagenfurt Airport105 km
- TSF Treviso Airport118 km
Where to stay
The nearest towns, for a bed, food and a lift to takeoff.
- Kötschach14 km awayBooking.comAirbnb
- Tolmezzo17 km awayBooking.comAirbnb
- Greifenburg27 km awayBooking.comAirbnb
Things to do
For the days the wind is wrong: places worth a visit within 10 km of Monte Tenchia.
Plöcken PassOutdoors · 5.7 km awayMountain pass in the Carnic Alps at the border Austria / ItalyPal PiccoloOutdoors · 5.7 km awayMountain in Italy
Carnic AlpsOutdoors · 6.6 km awayMountain range in Austria and ItalyMonte ZoncolanOutdoors · 7.7 km awayMountain in Italy
Monte CrostisOutdoors · 7.8 km awayMountain in the Carnic Alps
Gailtaler PolinikOutdoors · 7.9 km awayMountain in the Carnic Alps in Carinthia
CogliansOutdoors · 8.7 km awayHighest mountain in the Carnic Alps
Carnic and Gailtal AlpsOutdoors · 9 km awayGrouping of mountain ranges in Austria and Italy
Flying nearby
See them on the map
Val Secca4 km W
Monte Paularo9 km E · Faces SE–SW
Koetschach - Vorhegg14 km N
Stöfflerberg20 km NEPossible XC from here on a SW day, 20 km downwind
Kalser Schutzhütte24 km NPossible XC from here on a S day, 24 km downwind
San Simeone - Bordano27 km S · Faces SE–SW
Embergeralm - Greifenburg27 km NE · Faces S–SWPossible XC from here on a SW day, 27 km downwind
Guggenberg27 km EPossible XC from here on a SW day, 27 km downwind
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Takeoff, landing, rules, the hour by hour forecast and live wind are in the site details on the map.
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