Snowbird

Snowbird: one of the world's top skiresorts; for a long time the place for the longest footlaunched flights in the US. Stacy had been so kind to organise a flight from here, as flying in Snowbird is strictly "by invitation only". There is quite some paperwork involved and he had it all set up earlier. My thanks go also to Ken, who had accepted to take me along -THANKS guys!!
The launch is quite tricky, sitting there on top of the mountain in the confluence of the winds from 3 sides, but I was lucky enough to catch a real good moment to launch. Flying is very nice: beautiful scenery and strong thermals, which - due to the very high pressure - didn't take us up very high. Landing is another tricky thing: you have to pass between 2 trees, you shouldn't overshoot as this will 'land' you in the cables of a chairlift, but somehow I managed, even if there was quite some lift turning final.
On the way back Stacy managed to get a short flight in at the North side of the Point: that's really a world class set-up for PG and HG!! There were at least 40 pilots in the air, but he only caught the back end of the thermals, as we arrived there a little late...