West Coast Soaring Club

This is a re-posted article from pique magazine by Dan Falloon https://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/twice-topped/Content?oid=10388037 Twice topped Paragliding record falls twice in a matter of hours in the Sea to Sky By Dan Falloon When paraglider Alex Raymont launched from Rainbow Mountain th...

Congratulations to Igor Tolsky for out flying Alex Raymont's two day old Record by 25.3km with a sharp looking XContest Triangle! Igor flew the Pemberton Icecap Loop counter clockwise from Millers Ridge to the Upper Squamish Valley before doing a return leg from Nequatque Mountain near Gates. http:/...

Congratulations to Alex Raymont for flying a new Canadian XContest Triangle Record (213 km 22/07/2018) . https://www.xcontest.org/canada/en/flights/detail:AlexR/22.07.2018/18:55 Alex launched late morning/noon from Rainbow heading South to the South West of Brandwine Mountain then took a pretty dire...

In no wind it seemed too committal for a forward and when the air was active the cycles were cross. May try again some day. I'm interested to know what you find.

For the HG pilots there was a ramp below the slab but it's since gone to rot.

A newer cut block north of launch made it a 300m bushwhack.

No, only know of one PG pilot who's flown it which was probably long ago.
Yeah, looks like an awesome place to fly. I never had the right conditions to launch on the 3 different days I tried there.

At 950m on the West ridge of Cloudburst is an old HG site... Not sure what current service road access is like.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkdQf2d7_ro

Phil's server ip has changed. Ibis wx is now at:

http://www.ibis-stuff.ca/windgrams/gearth.htm

Pemberton WX gram September 20th

The Flank trail is an easy grade for walking but it's a lot of extra distance.

Is there a direct trail?