Julian Alps XC Booking
950
Details
Debu will provide instruction and guidance to advance your flying skills, teach you how to assess flying conditions of new sites and how to interpret and understand the weather of the Alps. If conditions allow, we will work on and discuss thermalling and/or cross country flights. The daily routine will be to choose the best location for the day based on weather conditions, get a solid site intro, and then fly as much as possible.
As paragliding pilots we all know we are very weather dependent, so incase the weather is not flyable, we have organized a bunch of other activities; some cultural like visits to local wine and cheese productions, a traditional meal at a mountain hut etc, and some involving other adventure activities like a via feratta, canyoning , mountain biking etc.
Travel & Itinerary
The plan is to fly into Venice. Our team will collect you all as a group and drive to our base in Bassano. The flying itinerary for the trip is not fixed as each day we will adapt according to the weather conditions, most of the sites are max 2 hours drive away, so depending on where we fly for the day there might be some early morning starts and we might get back to base late. We will spend a week here and then move our base to Slovenia for the next week, following a similar flying format. At the end of the trip, we will drive the group back to Venice airport.
Accommodation
We will be based in a comfortable gite (guest house) with all facilities on a bed and breakfast basis. Breakfast will be at the gite, the kitchen will be pre stocked with all breakfast essentials and if you need anything extra there is a small supermarket and a bakery in the village. There are a few good local restaurants around for evening meals, lunches will mostly be on the road. There are great bakeries around with a large choice of sandwiches and local delicacies for a quick packed lunch.
Fees
Bassano Slovenia Combo (13 days) : £1900
Bassano Week (6 days) : £950
Slovenia Week (6 days) : £950
Includes
- Instruction, site briefings, debriefings and in-flight guidance
- All mountain transport and retrieves
- Accommodation on twin sharing basis
Not Included
- Meals excluding breakfast
- Airport transfers to and from Venice
- Any extra site costs like lift tickets
- Cost of extra activities
- Alcohol/ drinks
Duration : 13 days
Dates : May 12 - 24, 2024
Guide : Debu Choudhury
Flying Sites
The launches that we will visit are pristine and often manicured like a golf course, the landing fields are large and forgiving.
Pilot Level & Suitability
The minimum pre-requisite for this trip is CP + 20hours.
You should be good enough to takeoff independently, soar and fly without guidance and land safely without any instruction. Please remember the team is always there to give you guidance, where possible, but you must be self-reliant and be able to make your own decisions as well. If you bomb out then it is sometimes possible get a lift back up to take-off for another free flight.