Gloucester ridge is good fun then push out over the valley to climb in the wave to the top of the airspace release.
Good stuff! Peter Heath ---- [email protected] wrote: > Also in SA is the Chase Range (31d 41.357' S 158d 39.110' E) near > Hawker/Wilpeena Pound - soarable for about 20k in a NWterly. Arkapena > airstrip is at 31d 40.458' S 138d 38.470'E, so it is less than 2 km to the > range! Have a look at this too on Google Earth. > Gary > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike Borgelt" <[email protected]> > To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." > <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 2:14 PM > Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Ridge Run - Long Mynd > > > > There is great ridge soaring to be had out of Gawler in a good westerly. > > It isn't done all that often for some reason. > > You can either soar the Barossa range which a 2000 foot aerotow will > > easily reach (and there's a good airstrip at Rowland Flat right at the > > bottom of the hill) or turn left onto the ridge just past Freeling run up > > that for a way and then transition to ridge behind that and run up to > > Burra and back. You may not get home but you'll have had some great fun. > > I've managed to transition from the Barossa Range to the range behind > > Freeling, run to Burra and back by changing ridges and then then got back > > to Gawler. > > Check it out on Google Earth. > > > > > > Mike > > > > > > At 12:28 PM 21/12/2010, you wrote: > >>Here's another great clip showing how good ridge lift can be. > >> > >>I know smaller ridges & features that produce great lift are available at > >>places like Porepunkah, Boonah,...Are there any places in OZ with a ridges > >>of this length? > >>Grampians mainly seem to attract pilots looking for wave, so not sure if > >>the western slopes would produce any ridge lift.....? > >> > >><http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uobI0cF3UI>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uobI0cF3UI > >> > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>Aus-soaring mailing list > >>[email protected] > >>To check or change subscription details, visit: > >>http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring > > > > Borgelt Instruments - manufacturers of quality soaring instruments since > > 1978 > > phone Int'l + 61 746 355784 > > fax Int'l + 61 746 358796 > > cellphone Int'l + 61 428 355784 > > > > email: [email protected] > > website: www.borgeltinstruments.com > > _______________________________________________ > > Aus-soaring mailing list > > [email protected] > > To check or change subscription details, visit: > > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
