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Great XC-flights possible: up and down the valley as well as (huge!) triangles into Italy/ Austria... Access Gondola from Scuol. Reduced price/ multiple tickets for paragliders available. After gondola closes at end of ski season does not start again until May 19 (in 2018.) Can hike from Scuol in approx 2hrs. Or take bus to Ftan village and follow trails from here about 1.5hrs (400m up.) Can also land anywhere east of Ftan for a short hike back to car. Toplanding also easy. Rules Airspaces in Switzerland are a tough subject, get all the info you can get before flying: http://www.flyland.ch. DABS (active danger areas etc): https://www.skybriefing.com/portal/ For flights EAST into Austria (beyond Landeck/ Zams) check airspace info! A very good description of Tirolean airspace for PG and HG structure with graphics: https://www.venetflieger.at/php/luftraumstruktur_tirol__neue_regelung,13883,37376.html

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Föhn! > Föhndiagramm: http://www.meteocentrale.ch/de/wetter/foehn-und-bise/foehn.html North winds can made launch impossible! Often sets in after 1200...