Parapente Chia 2

Altitude: 1809 meters, with a height difference of approximately 350 meters. This site is rarely used and is considered difficult. It offers some soaring opportunities and limited cross-country potential. Top landing is possible, but the launch is shallow with trees and a fence that need to be flown over. The other Chia takeoff is generally considered better. Region: Spain Site Record: 205.4 km Access: From the south side of the Chia pass, a dirt track leads to both launches. South East Launch: Located in a bowl facing ESE. Park near the water container and walk 80 meters up the hill to a large grassy launch area, suitable for easy top landings. Southerly Launch: Follow the track out of the bowl to the main southerly face. The takeoff is a very shallow grassy area, safe and easy for top landing. Details: This site is excellent for easy ridge soaring in the evening when restitution often sets up. It is often used when the wind is over the back early in the day at Peña Negra. If pilots haven't climbed out by around 2 pm, they often return to Peña Negra. It is common to go over the back at Chia and find convergence with the anabatic wind up the face of the Piedrahita range. Excellent XC flights to Salamanca and Ciudad Rodrigo have been achieved from here. Landing Fields: In front of the southerly launch, the area is very flat with many large, unfenced fields. The preferred landing spot is a large field with goalposts. From the SE takeoff, you might not reach the football field, but there is a suitable landing field next to the road going down. Statistics: - Altitude: 1800 meters (5850 feet) ASL - Top to bottom height: 400 meters (1300 feet) - Orientations: S and SE Access: Drive up the Chia pass from the Piedrahita (Corneja) valley, passing through Villafranca and Navacepedilla de Corneja. About 50 meters after going over the pass, there is a forest road on the right. Comments: This site is excellent for easy ridge soaring in the evening when restitution often sets up. It is often used when the wind is over the back early in the day at Peña Negra. If pilots haven't climbed out by around 2 pm, they often return to Peña Negra. It is common to go over the back at Chia and find convergence with the anabatic wind up the face of the Piedrahita range. Excellent XC flights to Salamanca and Ciudad Rodrigo have been achieved from here. Weather Hazards: The site can handle a lot of southerly wind safely due to slightly rising grazing land behind, which reduces rotor effects. Often, the base can be low and raining in the Piedrahita valley but flyable in Chia. It is a place you can often fly on days that start to overdevelop, as Cbs generally form at other points around it. However, you still need to land when they get big as they can break into the Chia valley. Flight Regulation: This is a little-used site but essential on stronger SE days when the wind fails to come in at Peña Negra. On these days, it offers good evening flying. Beware of flying here on strong wind and strong thermal days in the mid-afternoon. People to Contact: Mainly used and discovered by Steve Ham of FlyPiedrahita. Use is tolerated by the town hall of San Martin de la Vega. Website: [FlyPiedrahita](http://www.flypiedrahita.com) For more information, visit [Zonas de Vuelo](http://www.zonasdevuelo.com/zonasvuelo.html?fz=173).