Mt Baldy (Sun Valley) - Heaven (W)

ID
Showing Paragliding — switch wings up top ↑
Flyable
Medium confidence · 5 of 6 models agree · Run: HRRR
Good paragliding conditions P3+
NESW 275° W
Wind now: W (275°) Green = in the window · amber = cross/edge · red = wrong way
Wind
13
mph base
Gusts
17
mph
Direction
W
275°
Aloft
17
W @ridge
Thermals
Calm
base ~7864ft
Temp
63°
F
Cloudbase
16,824
ft MSL
Elevation
8,960
ft MSL
Flyable Caution / slim window Not flyable
What we look for here
  • Wind directionW (280°) → WNW (300°)
  • Ideal speed0–6 mph
  • Upper limits≤ 12 mph base · gusts ≤ 18

W/WNW-facing, single-point launch ~290. General Baldy limits: ideal 6, max 12, gust 18.

Next 7 days How calls are made

Today Flyable workable 6pm
6a
3g4
SSW
7a
2g2
S
8a
2g3
SW
9a
1g5
W
10a
3g6
SW
11a
6g7
SSW
12p
8g10
S
1p
10g11
S
2p
9g13
S
3p
12g15
SSW
4p
11g13
W
5p
12g15
W
6p
12g16
W
7p
13g17
W
8p
11g16
NW
Borderline only 6pm — best around 8pm: 11 mph NW, gusts 16. All borderline — fly it with a close eye. Cross-ish wind NW (306°) — edge of the window.
Tomorrow Flyable flyable 7am–11am
6a
3g6
N
7a
3g5
WNW
8a
4g8
NW
9a
5g11
WNW
10a
6g11
WNW
11a
10g15
WNW
12p
15g19
WNW
1p
15g21
WNW
2p
16g23
WNW
3p
18g27
WNW
4p
21g29
WNW
5p
20g30
WNW
6p
20g32
WNW
7p
19g31
WNW
8p
17g30
NW
Prime conditions 7am–1pm — best around 9am: 5 mph WNW, gusts 11. 5 clean hrs, the rest borderline. A little gusty — +6 mph over base.
Wednesday Not flyable no window
6a
8g13
NNE
7a
8g17
NNE
8a
9g26
N
9a
13g26
NNW
10a
15g24
NNW
11a
15g26
NW
12p
14g27
NW
1p
9g28
WNW
2p
10g29
NW
3p
11g31
NW
4p
11g32
NW
5p
11g32
NW
6p
11g32
NW
7p
10g30
NW
8p
7g28
NW
Wind's out of the NW most of the day — outside the working window, so cross/tail or rotor.
Thursday Caution no window
6a
3g11
NNW
7a
2g10
NW
8a
1g9
SSW
9a
3g9
S
10a
4g11
S
11a
5g15
S
12p
5g17
S
1p
6g19
S
2p
6g20
S
3p
6g20
SSW
4p
6g20
SSW
5p
5g20
SW
6p
5g18
WSW
7p
4g15
WSW
8p
3g11
W
Wind's out of the S most of the day — outside the working window, so cross/tail or rotor.
Friday Not flyable no window
6a
4g13
NNW
7a
3g15
NNW
8a
2g19
NW
9a
1g21
W
10a
2g19
SW
11a
4g15
SSW
12p
5g13
SSW
1p
7g16
SW
2p
9g21
SW
3p
10g25
SW
4p
9g25
SW
5p
7g24
SW
6p
5g23
SW
7p
3g24
SSW
8p
2g25
SSW
Wind's out of the SW most of the day — outside the working window, so cross/tail or rotor.
Saturday Not flyable workable 4pm–7pm
6a
5g11
NW
7a
6g12
NW
8a
7g14
NW
9a
7g17
NW
10a
7g20
NW
11a
6g24
WNW
12p
6g26
WNW
1p
7g26
WNW
2p
9g25
WNW
3p
10g26
WNW
4p
11g28
WNW
5p
11g32
WNW
6p
10g35
WNW
7p
8g36
WNW
8p
6g36
WNW
Borderline only 4pm–7pm — best around 4pm: 11 mph WNW, gusts 28. All borderline — fly it with a close eye. Gusty — +18 mph over base.
Sunday Not flyable workable 8pm
6a
3g13
NNW
7a
3g13
NNW
8a
2g14
N
9a
2g15
NNE
10a
1g15
ESE
11a
2g14
SSW
12p
3g14
SSW
1p
3g16
SSW
2p
3g20
S
3p
2g22
SSW
4p
2g22
SW
5p
3g20
WSW
6p
3g19
WSW
7p
3g18
W
8p
4g18
WNW
Borderline only 8pm — best around 8pm: 4 mph WNW, gusts 18. All borderline — fly it with a close eye. Light at 4 mph — may be a sledder, not soarable.
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