Places · Haute-Savoie, France
LAKE ANNECY
The Col de la Forclaz over the lake: tandems, cross-country, and acro over the water
The place
The Col de la Forclaz above Doussard is one of the busiest paragliding launches in the world: on a summer day the sky over the lake fills with tandems and students. The acro pilots work over the water at the south end of the lake, where a mistake ends with a reserve and a swim.
Is it legal? Free flight is legal from the clubs' launches (FFVL): the Forclaz's is reached on foot from the car park, its barrier badge for the clubs' members. Land at Doussard, or at Talloires when the wind says so.
- 1exit to start
- 6cross-country goals
- 3race tasks
The exits and launches
Every exit here, with how hard it is.
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Col de la Forclaz
■■■■■The meadow above the col, 1,270 m, facing west over the lake: a short steep run, the forest below it, and the sky full of tandems and students by mid-morning.
Cross-country goals
The Forclaz to La Tournette · The Forclaz to the Dents de Lanfon · The Forclaz to Mont Veyrier · Across the lake to the Semnoz · The Forclaz to the Roc des Bœufs · Le tour du lac
