SFra -4: St.André-les-Alpes

Another 'blue' day here in St.André-les-Alpes. Almost no wind and thermal tops at 2400m (predicted to go up to 2700 at 1600). So I made an attempt to fly to Dormillouse (and hopefully back) - like many others...

my friend Vincent (we met here in 2003!)

le Chalvet - west launch

heading North towards Cheval Blanc

It was pretty easy going until the 'Cheval Blanc'. I made two attempts to get over the top of this mountain, but failed bothh times (like many others). Some continued without this additional height, but for me the risk of sinking out in the narrow valleys beyond (with little or no roads/ traffic at all) seemed to big so I didn't take the chance and turned around.

'Cheval Blanc' left side of pix

heading back

...one cannot start early enough...