Mt.Princeton

• Wind directionNE (45°) → SE (135°)
• Ideal speed4–12 mph
• Upper limits≤ 15 mph base · gusts ≤ 20

No published club/USHPA site guide with explicit numbers exists for Mt. Princeton; it is a rarely-flown, advanced high-altitude site (~11,978 ft launch on a 14,197 ft peak in the Collegiate Peaks near Salida). Wind arc inferred from the paraglidingEarth orientation hint (N,NE,E,SE,S) and the launch's east-facing aspect: IDEAL ~45-135 deg (NE-E-SE), centered on east, working best with gentle morning anabatic/upslope flow. MARGINAL out to N (0) and S (180). HAZARDS: notorious for dust devils coming up both the front and back sides near launch; strong thermic conditions; the access road is very long and terrible and the launch itself is described as 'hairy.' Density altitude is extreme at ~12k ft, so true ground speeds are higher than indicated airspeed and wing performance is degraded. BEST TIME: early morning (clear/calm at dawn), launch before mid-morning when a stiff breeze and afternoon cumulus/overdevelopment commonly shut it down; avoid midday/afternoon thermic and gust-front activity. Treat as expert/P4-equivalent terrain requiring a local site intro (RMHPA / Telegram group); the listed speed and gust figures are conservative inferences (modeled loosely on nearby Villa Grove's 0-18 mph / 5 mph gust PG limits, reduced for the more committing launch), NOT site-measured values.