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Where we train and fly...
Tandem
and Solo High Launch Sites:
Sumas Mt (2950'),
Upper Bridal Falls (4620'),
Lower Bridal Falls (2500'),
Elk Mt (5600'),
Mt. Woodside (2250'),
Mt Makenzie (2500'),
Squamish Chief (2800').
Vancouver
Training Hills:
Burnaby Mt (150'), Deifenbaker Park (50')
Our main training hill
- Burnaby Mountain:
Our East facing training
hill - Diefenbaker Park
Mission Hill (BC)
Fraser Valley Meeting Place
(usually at 10am)
Bridal Falls LZ (meeting
area)
USA Sites
Blanchard (WA)
- Take Alger Exit #240
off I-5
- Head west on Samish Lake Road for approximately 1/2 mile.
- Take your first hard left (more than 90 degrees) onto Barrel
Springs Road.
- Approximately 6/10 of a mile, turn right on Blanchard Hill
Road. It's a dirt road marked by a large "clear cut."
- On the gravel road you will pass by trailhead parking for
Lizard and Lily Lakes. After approximately 1.6 miles, turn left
on gravel road. (T intersection) There is an old, rusty-looking
barrel gate, swung back on this road. We’ve never seen
it closed.
- Go approximately 2.2 more miles to the end of the road.
Whidbey Island (Fort Ebey)
(WA)
Take
I5 South until the Burlington exit #230 and follow signs towards
Whidbey Island on Hwy. 20. Once on Whidbey Island, follow Hwy.
20 south, eight miles past Oak Harbor. Turn right on Libbey
Rd. and follow it 1.5 miles to Hill Valley Dr. Turn left and
enter park.
Oceanside (Cape Lookout)
(OR)
General
Directions (map suggested)
Take
I5 South until Portland, then go west on HWY 6, until Tilamook,
take Netarts Hwy West to Whiskey Creek Rd, turn south a few
miles and enter state park.
Cape Lookout Directions
for your GPS:
45.36682 N
123.962148 W
Saddle Mt (WA)
directions
to the LZ
Cross the Columbia on I-90 heading east. Take the exit for 26
east and stay right onto 243 south In Beverly, (gas station
and RR Bridge across Columbia) turn left toward Crab Creek Wildlife
Area and drive for 4 miles to obvious sandy flats below Saddle
Mountain. This is the LZ and a good place to leave a car if
you have an extra.
directions to launch
From Seattle head east on I-90 until you cross the Columbia
river. Take exit 132 heading south until you see the Richland/Yakima
exit. Exit here staying on St. Route 243 for about 5 miles.
Take a left following the signs for the city of Mattawa. Go
through this small town and then take a left at R. street. Follow
this until you come to a "Y" directly after a cattle
grate, veer left. This will wind around for about 4 miles. At
this point the road will continue left. Follow the other road
to the right. While still an obvious road, it is more of a dirt
road rather than a rock covered one. Follow this for another
mile or so and you're there!
GPS Coordinates:
N 46° 49.044'
W. 119° 52.645'
Frenchman's
Coulee (Climbing Area - Meeting place for Saddle Mt.)
Woodside
CYR138
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