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  • Les Houches Paragliding

    Prarion
    GPS:         N 45° 53’ 46” E 006° 44’ 62’
    Direction: W
    Altitude: 1900m
    Vertical drop: 1300m


  • Merlet
    Often used in the afternoon
    GPS:     N 45° 54’ 41” E 006° 49’ 09”
    Direction: S-SE
    Altitude: 1600m
    Vertical drop: 600m

  • Les Houches Paragliding

    There are also a number of alternative launch sites which can be accessed by the Prarion and Bellevue cable cars.

    Directions - Take the Prarion cable car from Les Houches. The launch site itself is on the left of the top cable car station. In the winter this is a skiing piste. It slopes lazily down towards Les Houches which is 900m (2953ft) below.

    The launch site takes a light NE wind. The NE wind comes down the valley and can sometimes be turbulent. Check the weather

    Flight Details - It is possible to fly to the landing field in Chedde further down the valley. It is a long glide, passing over Servoz. On a good day some thermals can be found on the Servoz and Plaine Joux side of the valley.

    It is also worth trying to fly over the valley to Park Merlet where the morning thermals can be strong with great possibilties of making good height gains.

  • Alternative Launch Sites

    The two Les Houches cable cars give access to an enormous ridge stretching from Prarion all the way to the top of Mt Blanc.This is ideal for keen pilots on putting in a bit of effort for more adventurous and less well known take offs.

    Some fantastic launching sites are:
    Mt Lachat - 40mins left of the Bellevue cable car
    Evening flying from Prarion - W wind take off 20mins from Prarion station ( walk track on right )
    For the more adventurous
    Tete Rousse
    3167m (10390ft)
    Aiguille du Gouter
    3800m (12467ft)

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