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Sky Ridge (Ketchum- Hailey)

South-west-facing ridge site · 2,048 m takeoff

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Overview

Sky Ridge (Ketchum- Hailey) is a mountain site in United States with a recorded launch elevation of 2,048 m. It works best in south-westerly winds, and can also work in southerly and westerly winds. Pilots fly it for ridge soaring and thermal, using foot launch.

  • Chuck Smith writes: Sky Ridge is 5 miles west of Hailey, the town 12 miles south of Ketchum. This dry west facing site is a 3 miles long ridge, and provides magnificent spring, summer and fall evening flying. Source: ParaglidingEarth

When to go

Flyable days per month in a typical year.

Flyable days for Sky Ridge (Ketchum- Hailey) 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.

Getting there

Nearest airports

  • SUN Friedman Memorial Airport6 km
  • TWF Joslin Field Magic Valley Regional Airport110 km
  • BOI Boise Air Terminal/Gowen Field151 km

Plan to reach the landing field or the nearest town to Sky Ridge (Ketchum- Hailey); 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 Sky Ridge (Ketchum- Hailey).

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Flying nearby

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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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