Alps

Jon-Chambers

Planning your alpine season with Jon Chambers

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Alps Flying Sites map

Map of Flying Sites in the European Alps

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Alpine Odyssey: Across the Alps by tandem paraglider

It’s a monster mission – to fly the length of the Alps. As the Red Bull X-Alps looms into view, Auréliane Ghigi and Francois le Hen reveal how last year they planned and flew their very own 950km Alpine vol-bivouac adventure...
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A still from Stephane Boulanger's 12-minute film

Mont Blanc toplandings: Video round-up

On Sunday 19 August over 60 pilots toplanded Mont Blanc by paraglider, and lots more soared the summit and above. We've rounded up the videos...
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Chrigel Maurer downclimbing the via ferrata on the Hoher Dachstein in the 2011 race. Photo: Chris Hoerner/Red Bull Content Pool

Red Bull X-Alps 2013: Rule changes announced

The 2013 edition of the 864km Red Bull X-Alps paragliding hike and fly race will see new equipment regulations and longer rest periods each night.
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Low cloud on launch at Annecy

PWCA 2012: Alfredo Studer wins after one task

Swiss pilot Alfredo Studer (Ozone) won the French round of the Paragliding World Cup 2012 in Talloires - his second ever PWC competition
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Classic Routes from XCmag

Classic Routes: The World’s Best XC Routes

Classic Routes is the beautiful new paragliding and hang gliding book from the makers of Cross Country magazine
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St Gervais Vol Libre 4807 Flying Light week

4807 Flying Light: hike-and-fly week in St Gervais

The St Gervais Mont Blanc paragliding club's 4807 Flying Light hike-and-fly week runs from 4 – 9 October 2011.
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Antoine Girard completes the tour five minutes before the cutoff time, and is the winner of the first ever Airtour

St Hil’Airtour 2011: the last day

The last day meant fantastic flights for some, and all day on foot for others. The winner, Antoine Giraud, completed the entire tour and flew into goal with five minutes to spare.
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Charlie flying from the Col de Aparitatz above Ugine

St Hil’Airtour 2011: Groundtouring and tree landing

After yesterday's disappointing and frustrating day, I'd hoped today would be extra good. The morning was sunny and cloudless, except for the pileus hat on Mont Blanc
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