Paragliding & Hang Gliding in Golden BC Canada

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2023 mid-summer flying turned out better than expected.

Paragliding over Columbia Valley

Though British Columbia experienced a record breaking wildfire season, the Golden area fared much better than most areas of the province as far as bad air quality and dense smoke were concerned. Some exceptional flights were had especially during the Willi-XC competition which ran for 9 days starting July 27th.

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2022 Season Turned Out to be Memorable.

Flying High over Mount7 in Golden BC

Photo courtesy: Guus Luijten

The 2022 flying season in Golden was off to a slow start in June with a fair amount of rain and sketchy conditions. Most of the decent June flights occurred in the evenings after conditions settled down and the overdevelopment cleared. Come July the weather improved quickly with consistently nice days and rising temperatures (high 20s and low 30s).

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The Annual Willi XC Challenge Starts Tomorrow

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Event Dates: July 24 – August 8, 2021

This will be the 25th year of what started as a side bet challenge amongst a small group for flying friends and has grown into an annual XC pilgrimage for many. Due to Covid restrictions, this iteration will not be the big event we had hoped for, but we want it to happen in the best possible way.

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GEAR LZ Open Under New Rules – Zero Tolerance for Violators

June 17, 2020

Fellow Pilots,

My name is Brandon Hopkins and I am a Director with the AHPA (Alberta Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association). Recently, I, in conjunction with Keith at Muller Windsports and Hugo / Scott with Golden Altitude Adventures (Tandem pilots) have been in talks with Cathy-Anne of GEAR (Golden Eco-Adventure Ranch) in Golden B.C, where we have an amazing landing field called the Muller Flight Park.

The GEAR landing zone is going to open on 20 June 2020 with NEW RULES…
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2019 – It’s All Over But The Crying…

Mt7 2019 Season Ends

Well the 2019 paragliding and hang gliding season on Mount 7 has come and gone. Snow arrived at The Lookout at the end of September this year. While there were a few warmer days in the valley through October, snow on the upper part of the access road continued to accumulate. Weather was unsettled and windy throughout the month so generally there was not much incentive to head up, even for a late season sledder.

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