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Telluride Gold Hill - East (E) Not flyable Telluride Gold Hill - West (W) Not flyable

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Showing Paragliding — switch wings up top ↑
Not flyable
Medium confidence · · Run: HRRR
The sun is not up yet — no daylight to fly
NESW 55° NE
Current conditions
Flyability score
82
/100 · paragliding
Wind
10
mph base
Gusts
10
mph
Direction
NE
55°
Aloft
10
NE @ridge
Thermals
Calm
base ~5773ft
Temp
45°
F
Cloudbase
17,912
ft MSL
Elevation
12,139
ft MSL
Sunrise
6:14 AM
local
Sunset
8:21 PM
local
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What we look for at Telluride Gold Hill

Wind direction

ENE (70°) → ESE (110°)

The wind must blow from within this arc. Direction is the same for both wings.

Ideal speed

3–12 mph

Ceiling · Paragliding

≤ 19 mph base · gusts ≤ 23

Top of the range for paragliding (any rating) — switch wings up top to compare. Hang gliders hold roughly 10 mph more than paragliders.

Morning, east-facing alpine launch ~12,139ft. TAF guide: fly early calm winds; afternoon thermals turbulent. Invite-only, guided, no launch after 3pm. Speeds inferred (no site mph published).

Window data compiled from tellurideairforce.org, tellurideairforce.org, uncovercolorado.com — public site guides and club resources.

Next 7 days How calls are made

Friday Not flyable no window
6a
6g6
NE
7a
4g4
NE
8a
3g6
NNE
9a
6g8
N
10a
6g9
N
11a
7g12
N
12p
10g13
NNE
1p
11g13
NNE
2p
12g15
NE
3p
7g12
NW
4p
12g14
NNE
5p
15g17
N
6p
13g16
NNE
7p
13g17
NNE
8p
10g16
NNE
Wind's out of the NNE most of the day — outside the working window, so cross/tail or rotor.
Saturday Flyable flyable 6am–8am
6a
6g6
E
7a
5g5
E
8a
2g5
ESE
9a
3g11
NW
10a
10g17
N
11a
12g22
N
12p
10g21
NNE
1p
13g21
NW
2p
13g20
NW
3p
15g18
NW
4p
9g13
NW
5p
9g14
NNW
6p
11g14
NW
7p
8g12
N
8p
9g16
NNE
Flyable 6am–8am — best around 6am: 6 mph E, gusts 6.
Sunday Not flyable no window
6a
6g23
SSE
7a
6g21
SSE
8a
5g19
SSE
9a
4g17
S
10a
1g18
SSW
11a
3g20
NW
12p
6g21
NW
1p
7g21
NW
2p
6g22
NW
3p
6g22
NW
4p
6g22
WNW
5p
6g22
WNW
6p
5g21
W
7p
3g18
WSW
8p
1g15
SW
Wind's out of the NW most of the day — outside the working window, so cross/tail or rotor.
Monday Not flyable no window
6a
4g17
SSE
7a
3g17
S
8a
3g18
SSW
9a
4g19
SW
10a
5g23
W
11a
7g28
W
12p
9g30
WNW
1p
9g29
WNW
2p
9g25
WNW
3p
8g23
W
4p
7g24
W
5p
6g27
W
6p
5g29
WSW
7p
4g29
SW
8p
2g28
SSW
Wind's out of the W most of the day — outside the working window, so cross/tail or rotor.
Tuesday Not flyable no window
6a
2g15
SSE
7a
1g16
SSE
8a
1g18
S
9a
1g19
WSW
10a
3g19
W
11a
5g18
WNW
12p
6g19
WNW
1p
6g22
W
2p
6g26
W
3p
6g29
W
4p
7g28
W
5p
7g25
W
6p
7g23
W
7p
5g24
WNW
8p
2g26
WNW
Wind's out of the W most of the day — outside the working window, so cross/tail or rotor.
Wednesday Not flyable no window
6a
4g33
SSE
7a
3g31
SSE
8a
1g28
SSE
9a
1g26
NNW
10a
3g24
NNW
11a
5g22
NNW
12p
7g21
NNW
1p
8g23
NNW
2p
8g25
NNW
3p
8g27
NNW
4p
8g28
N
5p
7g28
N
6p
7g28
NNE
7p
6g28
NNE
8p
4g28
NE
Rain in the forecast — not flyable.
Thursday Not flyable no window
6a
6g24
SSE
7a
4g24
SSE
8a
2g23
SE
9a
1g22
NE
10a
3g21
N
11a
4g20
N
12p
6g20
N
1p
6g20
N
2p
6g20
NNW
3p
6g20
NNW
4p
5g20
NNW
5p
4g20
NNW
6p
3g21
NNW
7p
2g22
NW
8p
0g24
SW
Wind's out of the NNW most of the day — outside the working window, so cross/tail or rotor.
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