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Cove (Richfield- Monroe)

Faces N, S, W ridge site · 2,668 m takeoff · 1,007 m height gain

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Overview

Cove (Richfield- Monroe) is a mountain site in United States with a recorded launch elevation of 2,668 m. It works best in northerly, southerly and westerly winds, and can also work in south-westerly and north-westerly winds. Pilots fly it for ridge soaring and thermal, using foot launch. It is recorded as suitable for cross-country flights.

  • Extract from Stacy's 'Handbook': Welcome to Utah. Home of Cove Mountain, where a ridge finger extends miles out into and 3300 feet above the Sevier Valley, and creates a soarable launch in three different directions. Source: ParaglidingEarth

When to go

Flyable days per month in a typical year.

Flyable days for Cove (Richfield- Monroe) 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

  • - Webcam on TO: http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/images/slc/camera/loopCams.php?camName=seviervalley&numFrames=24 - Central Utah wx: http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/slc/current/meso.cenut.php - Winds on launch… Source: ParaglidingEarth

Getting there

Nearest airports

  • CDC Cedar City Regional Airport138 km
  • PVU Provo Municipal Airport179 km
  • PGA Page Municipal Airport198 km

Plan to reach the landing field or the nearest town to Cove (Richfield- Monroe); most takeoffs are reached by shuttle, cable car or a ride from a local pilot.

Things to do

For the days the wind is wrong: places worth a visit within 10 km of Cove (Richfield- Monroe).

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Flying Cove (Richfield- Monroe)?

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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