Telluride Gold Hill

CO

Not flyable at any of Telluride Gold Hill’s 2 launches right now

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Not flyable
Medium confidence · 6 of 6 models agree · Run: HRRR
The sun is not up yet — no daylight to fly
NESW 329° NNW
Wind now: NNW (329°) Green = in the window · amber = cross/edge · red = wrong way
Wind
12
mph base
Gusts
17
mph
Direction
NNW
329°
Aloft
17
NNW @ridge
Thermals
Calm
base ~6432ft
Temp
41°
F
Cloudbase
18,571
ft MSL
Elevation
12,139
ft MSL
Flyable Caution / slim window Not flyable
What we look for here
  • Wind directionWSW (250°) → WNW (290°)
  • Ideal speed3–12 mph
  • Upper limits≤ 15 mph base · gusts ≤ 20

Evening, west-facing launch ~12,139ft. HAZARD: W-wind rotor/lee turbulence builds mid-morning (~10-11am), not launchable until evening glass-off. No mini/speed wings. Speeds inferred.

Next 7 days How calls are made

Today Flyable flyable 6am–7am
6a
11g14
WNW
7a
13g16
NW
8a
12g22
NW
9a
14g23
NW
10a
16g24
NW
11a
17g24
NW
12p
19g24
NW
1p
21g25
NW
2p
21g25
NW
3p
21g25
NW
4p
21g24
NW
5p
20g24
NW
6p
20g25
NW
7p
19g25
NW
Flyable 6am–7am — best around 6am: 11 mph WNW, gusts 14. Cross-ish wind WNW (300°) — edge of the window.
Tomorrow Not flyable no window
6a
20g23
NNW
7a
21g27
NNW
8a
21g36
NNW
9a
22g34
NNW
10a
22g32
NW
11a
21g30
NW
12p
22g31
NW
1p
23g31
NW
2p
23g29
NW
3p
22g26
NW
4p
23g28
NW
5p
20g24
NW
6p
22g28
WNW
7p
7g31
NW
Wind's out of the NW most of the day — outside the working window, so cross/tail or rotor.
Thursday Not flyable workable 7am–9am
6a
1g11
SSE
7a
1g12
WSW
8a
3g15
WNW
9a
4g17
WNW
10a
5g20
WNW
11a
6g23
NW
12p
7g25
NW
1p
8g27
WNW
2p
8g29
WNW
3p
9g30
WNW
4p
8g31
NW
5p
8g31
NNW
6p
8g29
NNW
7p
5g23
N
Borderline only 7am–9am — best around 7am: 1 mph WSW, gusts 12. All borderline — fly it with a close eye. Light at 1 mph — may be a sledder, not soarable.
Friday Not flyable workable 10am–12pm
6a
5g18
SSE
7a
3g18
S
8a
3g19
SW
9a
4g20
WSW
10a
6g23
WSW
11a
7g26
W
12p
8g29
WSW
1p
8g30
WSW
2p
8g31
WSW
3p
8g31
SW
4p
6g31
WSW
5p
4g31
W
6p
3g31
WNW
7p
1g30
W
Borderline only 10am–12pm — best around 10am: 6 mph WSW, gusts 23. All borderline — fly it with a close eye. Gusty — +17 mph over base.
Saturday Not flyable no window
6a
4g23
SSE
7a
4g24
SSE
8a
4g26
S
9a
5g28
SSW
10a
7g30
SSW
11a
9g32
SW
12p
10g34
SW
1p
11g36
SW
2p
12g37
SW
3p
12g39
WSW
4p
11g41
WSW
5p
11g43
WSW
6p
9g45
WSW
7p
7g45
WSW
Wind's out of the WSW most of the day — outside the working window, so cross/tail or rotor.
Sunday Not flyable no window
6a
2g17
SSE
7a
1g16
S
8a
1g17
NW
9a
3g20
NW
10a
5g24
NW
11a
6g28
NNW
12p
7g32
NW
1p
8g32
NW
2p
9g31
NW
3p
10g30
NW
4p
9g31
NW
5p
9g33
NW
6p
8g34
NW
7p
7g34
NW
Wind's out of the NW most of the day — outside the working window, so cross/tail or rotor.
Monday Not flyable workable 9am–5pm
6a
2g11
SSE
7a
1g11
SSW
8a
2g14
WSW
9a
3g17
W
10a
5g20
W
11a
6g24
W
12p
7g27
W
1p
8g30
WNW
2p
8g32
WNW
3p
8g33
WNW
4p
8g35
WNW
5p
8g36
WNW
6p
7g37
WNW
7p
6g36
WNW
Borderline only 9am–5pm — best around 9am: 3 mph W, gusts 17. All borderline — fly it with a close eye. Light at 3 mph — may be a sledder, not soarable.
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