left: Oberaarsee/ Finsteraarhorn;
right: Grimselsee/ Lauteraarhorn
Another great flying day: today it was (initially) easier than yesterday; but in the crossing from 'Bellwald' back to 'Fiesch' I got stuck in the headwind; I turned back towards 'Bellwald', hoping to climb again for another crossing attempt. But I found only turbulent air with little lift so I decided to go for a landing in 'Ritzingen'.
Selten sieht man die "Grimselschlange" so schön.
The northerly wind across the Grimselpass is (almost) a daily occurence, as it subsitutes the raising air (in the thermals) of the Goms. But it can rarely be seen as clearly...
Today I was more lucky: I was able to close a 100+km triangle out of Fiesch -actually the flight I wanted to do yesterday.
Take-off was rather tricky due to x-winds on launch, but I got off finally without problems...
My flying was rather slow, but I'm quite happy with this flight as it took me quite close to some pretty impressive mountains.
First day in Fiesch this year. The conditions were quite good, but (again) I flew not good enough. I had planned to fly a 100+km triangle, but after 62km I stood on the ground :-((
But tomorrow I can try again...
