CATEGORY: NTH-AMERICA COUNTRY: USA STATE|REGION|PROVINCE: WY SITE NAME: Snow King Mountain--Panorama House RATING: Paragliding Class 2, J.H. Paragliding Club Membership. WIND: N DESCRIPTION: 1680 ft. vertical ridge and thermal afternoon site. Launch between 3-8 P.M.just west of Panorama House. ACCESS: Walk up Snow King Ski Area cat-tracks. HAZARDS: Low clearance launch. Rotors with west-shifting winds. Land in Town of Jackson. SITE NAME: Snow King Mountain--Scotty's Ridge RATING: Paragliding Class 2, J.H. Paragliding Club Membership. WIND: NW DESCRIPTION: 1300 ft. vertical ridge and thermal afternoon site, half mile west of Panorama House on Snow King Mountain. Launch between 3-8 P.M. ACCESS: Walk up. HAZARDS: Low clearance launch. Rotors with west-shifting winds. Land in Town of Jackson. SITE NAME: Snow King Mountain--Haystack Butte RATING: Paragliding Class 2 WIND: Soaring - 12 -15 MPH at launch; Rotor conditions if higher. DESCRIPTION: Steep Sagebrush hill. 1300 ft. vertical. Evening Site. Ridge Lift. ACCESS: 1 Mile S. Jackson, WY on US Hwy. 89; Walk up HAZARDS: Small hillside landing zones between power lines. Crosswinds; often north towards evening. Catabatic winds at sunset. SITE NAME: Phillips Ridge RATING: Paragliding Class 2, J.H. Paragliding Club Membership. WIND: SE DESCRIPTION: Mid-day thermal site. Trans-Teton and over Grand Teton thermal flights initiated here. Pre-frontal. ACCESS: Four wheel drive access via Wilson-Teton Pass Wyo. Hwy 22. HAZARDS: Class 2 Launch faces SE; prevailing usually SW. Launchable mornings and early afternoons until about 12 P.M. when prevailing wind not creating rotor conditions. Small bullet thermals with turbulence associated with thermals converging from adjacent canyons. Launch between and above Aspen groves with low clearance. SITE NAME: Jackson Hole Ski Resort at Teton Village RATING: Paragliding Class 2, J.H. Paragliding Club Membership. WIND: S, SE or N launches. DESCRIPTION: Summer thermal and winter pre-frontal ridge lift. ACCESS: 4100 ft. vertical 2.5 mile aerial tramway in ski and summer seasons. Launches from Rendesvous Bowl, Tower 3-Grand, Cajun Coulior. HAZARDS: Often shut down by SW and W prevailing and associated rotor conditions. Small obstructed Class 2 only landing sites in summer. SITE NAME: Grand Targhee Ski Area RATING: Paragliding Class 2, J.H. Paragliding Club Membership WIND: W. 12-15 MPH Soaring ridge and thermal lift. Rotor likely if higher. DESCRIPTION: West facing, 2200 ft. vertical. ACCESS: Ski lift access from Grand Targhee Ski Area and J.H. Paragliding Club. HAZARDS: Turbulence and high sink rates possible at landing on high hilly plateau.
Submitted by Andrew Breffeilh, Treasurer, Jackson Hole Paragliding Club abreffei@wyoming.com
