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Showing Paragliding — switch wings up top ↑
Not flyable
Medium confidence · · Run: HRRR
The sun has set — no daylight left to fly
NESW 18° NNE
Current conditions
Flyability score
72
/100 · paragliding
Wind
1
mph base
Gusts
3
mph
Direction
NNE
18°
Aloft
2
ENE @ridge
Thermals
Calm
base ~5977ft
Temp
53°
F
Cloudbase
17,138
ft MSL
Elevation
11,161
ft MSL
Sunrise
6:06 AM
local
Sunset
8:21 PM
local
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Flyable Caution / slim window Not flyable
What we look for at Walshes launch (Aspen morning)

Wind direction

NE (45°) → SE (135°)

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

Ideal speed

2–12 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.

E-facing AM launch (11160ft); fly early. P3+ (P2 w/ instructor). Site guide: gusts not to exceed 12mph, none higher than 18. Southerly is bad - gust factor spikes. Valley venturi: keep airport winds <15mph. Aspen Paragliding/RMHPA.

Window data compiled from rmhpa.org, aspenparagliding.com — public site guides and club resources.

Next 7 days How calls are made

Thursday Flyable flyable 7am–8am
6a
5g5
SSE
7a
3g4
ESE
8a
3g5
ESE
9a
5g8
NW
10a
7g13
NNW
11a
9g13
N
12p
10g14
NNW
1p
10g16
N
2p
11g15
NNW
3p
12g15
NNW
4p
12g14
NNW
5p
10g14
N
6p
16g22
NNW
7p
12g19
NNW
8p
10g20
NW
Flyable 7am–8am — best around 7am: 3 mph ESE, gusts 4.
Friday Flyable flyable 7am–8am
6a
7g7
SSE
7a
2g2
S
8a
3g3
SSE
9a
2g8
NNE
10a
8g11
N
11a
10g13
NNW
12p
11g13
NNW
1p
10g12
NNW
2p
10g12
NNW
3p
13g16
N
4p
15g19
N
5p
11g16
NNW
6p
16g23
NNW
7p
11g16
NNW
8p
7g14
NNW
Flyable 7am–9am — best around 8am: 3 mph SSE, gusts 3. 2 clean hrs, the rest borderline.
Saturday Flyable flyable 7am
6a
6g6
S
7a
3g4
SSE
8a
3g3
S
9a
0g7
N
10a
7g16
N
11a
9g15
NNW
12p
11g15
NNW
1p
12g14
NNW
2p
13g16
NW
3p
9g12
NE
4p
13g17
NNW
5p
12g15
NNW
6p
7g11
N
7p
4g18
W
8p
1g12
SSW
Flyable 7am — best around 7am: 3 mph SSE, gusts 4.
Sunday Caution workable 8am–9am
6a
6g17
ESE
7a
4g13
ESE
8a
2g10
ESE
9a
1g8
NNW
10a
2g12
WNW
11a
4g17
W
12p
5g22
W
1p
5g23
W
2p
5g24
W
3p
5g24
W
4p
5g24
W
5p
6g25
W
6p
5g24
W
7p
2g22
WSW
8p
4g18
SE
Borderline only 8am–9am — best around 8am: 2 mph ESE, gusts 10. All borderline — fly it with a close eye.
Monday Caution workable 6am
6a
3g9
SE
7a
2g13
SE
8a
1g18
SSW
9a
2g21
W
10a
3g21
W
11a
3g19
W
12p
3g18
W
1p
3g21
WNW
2p
3g25
WNW
3p
3g28
NW
4p
4g26
NW
5p
5g23
NNW
6p
5g21
NNW
7p
3g21
NNW
8p
1g22
ENE
Borderline only 6am — best around 6am: 3 mph SE, gusts 9. All borderline — fly it with a close eye.
Tuesday Not flyable no window
6a
7g27
ESE
7a
5g27
ESE
8a
1g25
SE
9a
2g24
W
10a
4g23
W
11a
5g23
WNW
12p
6g23
WNW
1p
7g24
WNW
2p
8g27
NW
3p
8g28
NW
4p
7g27
NW
5p
6g26
NW
6p
5g25
WNW
7p
3g25
WNW
8p
1g26
WSW
Wind's out of the WNW most of the day — outside the working window, so cross/tail or rotor.
Wednesday Not flyable no window
6a
6g19
SE
7a
4g19
SE
8a
1g19
SSE
9a
2g19
W
10a
4g21
WNW
11a
6g24
WNW
12p
8g26
WNW
1p
8g26
WNW
2p
9g25
WNW
3p
8g25
WNW
4p
8g27
W
5p
8g30
W
6p
7g32
W
7p
5g32
WSW
8p
4g31
SW
Wind's out of the WNW most of the day — outside the working window, so cross/tail or rotor.
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