FlyGolden.ca, paragliding & hang gliding from Mount 7 Golden BC Canada
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Community of Foot-launched Pilots - Hang Gliding & Paragliding in Golden
BC.
About Golden, British Columbia, Canada...
Golden is a town of about 3500 people, with another 3500 living in the
surrounding rural area that relate to Golden. All kinds of outdoor
activities abound: climbing, hiking, mountain biking, motor cross, white
water rafting and kyaking, motorcycling, hunting in seasons, fishing,
archery range, shooting range, canoeing, bird watching, and all kinds of
skiing and snow-machining in winter. Not forgetting hang gliding and
paragliding ! There are lakes and sloughs to go swimming in or just relax
at. If you have not seen mountains before, you are going to see them here.
GOLDEN, B.C. - The plane ducked low and circled past the sheer
walls...
Read More in an article about Golden...
Know that throughout BC, all restaurants and bars are now smoke free.
Another good source of information is:
Kicking Horse Country Chamber of Commerce
500 10th Avenue North
Box 1320
Golden BC, Canada, V0A 1H0
Phone: (250)344-7125
Fax: (250)344-6688
Toll Free: 1-800-622-GOLD
http://www.goldenchamber.bc.ca/
Cell phone coverage
- good in town, but spotty down range There are several places that can help
you deal with your radios and silicon wizardry - download, fix etc.
Notes on Hospital
This is a small one with not too many resources, although there are some
excellent doctors, who, as we are on the Trans-Canada highway, are well
practiced at ghastly emergencies. With anything serious, what happens is the
patient is transferred to Foothills Hospital in Calgary - by road,
helicopter, or Lear jet, as needed. They have the best of everything there.
If you need it, this is the place to be.
There is also a good hospital in Banff (an hour and a half from Golden) with
some excellent doctors and surgeons.
Flying Equipment
Muller Hang Gliding & Paragliding
Chris & Vincene Muller
Big Hill Rd
Box 2, Site 13, RR #2, Cochrane, Alberta, T0L 0W0
Tel/Fax: 403-932-6760 Email: info@mullerwindsports.com
They deal Wills Wing and Apco, but have a lot of stock of all sorts of
things. What they can not help you with, they can direct you to the best
place to go. Cochrane is just outside Calgary, so is 3 hours from Golden.
VEHICLE RENTALS
Tilden 250-344-9899
They can get you what you want, but you do need to make arrangements in
advance.
NEAREST CITY
Calgary, Alberta, 3 hours East on Highway 1, International airport
TRANSPORTATION ROUTES
Trans-Canada Highway (Highway 1) East - West
Highway 95 South to Cranbrook, and across the border to the US at Kingsgate
Greyhound operates on both routes
Local depot Tel: 250-344-6172
OTHER FLYING SITES
There are numerous other sites from 1 hours to 5 hours drive away. Swansea =
1 hr, Panorama = 1 1/2 hrs, Wasa = 2 1/2 hrs, Revelstoke = 2 hrs, and the
Okanagan valley and Kamloops area (=5 hrs) have a whole stack of them. They
do provide some options for bad weather, and variety for those who have come
from a really long way and for whom this trip could be one of a lifetime.
Some of these sites do have some features, from long walks to HG friendly
only launches to distant or non-existent LZ's, so check them out. The links
will get you there.
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