Our efforts have always been towards exploring exotic locations around the world and make them available for our Club Pilots. You can experience some of the world’s most stunning paragliding sites with the safety of flying with your own Instructors. Every year Team Templepilots explores the European Alps to find out the most stunning and reliable places to take our Club Pilots to enjoy flying there.
Italy - Bassano
Among most of the Alps, we have flown we found Bassano to be most reliable in terms of weather & easy in terms topography & terrain. Bassano town is at the southern edge of the Alps, often protected from bad weather. Big grassy launches and huge landing fields make it a perfect playground for XC Pilots. Its proximity to Venice would give pilots to enjoy a world class tourist destination and Italian food.
Time Period: June-August
Cross Country Flying : 5 Day Tour (+1 Extra Day for Weather Conditions)
Pilot Eligibility – APPI Pilot License + 1 Thermalling/XC Course + Basic or Advance SIV Course
Greece - Mt. Olympus
Greece is a traditional holiday destination and many visitors spend their holidays either on the unique Greek islands or in the wide range of tourist destinations that the mainland offers. We fly several sites around the highest peaks of Mount Olympus and sometimes land on the amazing beaches on the coasts of the Aegean Sea.
Time Period: June – July
Cross Country Flying – 5 Day Tour (+1 Extra Day for Weather Conditions)
Pilot Eligibility – APPI Pilot License + 1 Thermalling/XC Course + Basic or Advance SIV Course
France - Annecy
Annecy, in the North Western Alps opens into a wide valley allowing for fantastic flying opportunities. Plenty of five stars takeoffs on both sides of the lake, easy access and simple XC routes offer an incomparable flying experience for pilots of all levels & the XC potential here is limitless. You can fly 35 to 70 Kms around the lake & the longer routes take you to the south towards St. Hillaire (Grenoble) & Mt. Blanc towards east. Flying – Easy mountain thermal flying, giving access to XC routes of all size and grandeur. The tours of the lake are simple but exceptional XCs. A late afternoon soaring down the impressive Aravis chain to the east is a fantastic evening run for pilots of any level. Continuous west-facing ridges make for easy XC routes and allow big triangles and out-and-returns. Land in huge landing fields & enjoy a nice dip in the lake followed by pg gear shopping in some of the worlds best paragliding shops for the latest equipment. The picturesque city of Annecy lies at the North end of the lake.
Time Period: June – July
Cross Country Flying – 5 Day Tour (+1 Extra Day for Weather Conditions)
Pilot Eligibility – APPI Pilot License + 1 Thermalling/XC Course + Basic or Advance SIV Course
Nice to Chamonix, VOL BIV Flying Expedition
This is an opportunity for some real vol biv flying with all the route finding skills and the ease of not having to carry and buy extra gear whilst being supported by a team of mentors and drivers in a western country. In this Alpine Adventure, flying starts from near Nice in the Mediterranean to Chamonix in the middle of the Alps. An X-Alps style expedition with considerably more comfort. There are airport collections, drop offs, retrieves, wild camps, fire cooked meals, packed lunches, some overnights in chalets/bungalows are included and a restaurant meal to start and celebrate the adventure. We will not only be guiding you through this incredible terrain, there will be a full support crew including vehicles, tents, mattresses, drivers, cooking equipment and using tracking technology ensures everyone makes the goal every night.
Time Period: June – July
Cross Country Expedition – 7 Day Tour
Pilot Eligibility – APPI Advance Pilot
Austria, Northern Alps
1. Griffenburg
Greifenburg lies at 620m in the Ober Drautal in southern Austria, close to the Italian border. Due to its topography, the area gets very little valley wind, producing reliable and comfortable flying. Great potential for XC pilots of all levels. Whether you are looking for your first 50km out-and-return, are an experienced pilot out for a six-hour day, or want to join the 200km club, this place has it all.
2. Hohe Salve, Hopfgarten, Kufstein –
There are many reasons why the Hohe Salve is well known for paragliding. Good thermal conditions, a wonderful landscape in the Kitzbühel Alps and also the perfect position of the cable cars to bring pilots from all over the world to Hopfgarten
Time Period: June -July
Cross Country Flying – 5 Day Tour (+1 Extra Day for Weather Conditions)
Pilot Eligibility – APPI Pilot License + 1 Thermalling/XC Course + Basic or Advance SIV Course
