DESCRIPTION

The site record is held by David Dagault for a 257km flight to Megeve on 8th May 1998. Col de Bleyne is a southerly-facing site with a 400m top-to-bottom and excellent XC potential. There are an abundance of big fields to land in both in its own valley, and along the route to Saint André, although in spring and early summer grass is grown as crop, and fields containing it should be avoided. The Montagne de Thorenc is best flown in a light southerly meteo wind direction, although on a good, light-wind day thermals will be drawn up the front regardless. The site is primarily a thermic site, so is most often used in Spring and summer, although people have been known to thermal there above snow-covered fields in winter! Informations from http://www.flyozone.com/site_guide/cdb.asp

ACTIVITIES

- paragliding
- hanggliding
- soaring
- thermals
- xc

weather

It can be turbulent in a westerly - better to decamp to Lachens.

access

From Nice, head east along the A8 and take the Cagnes sur Mer exit. Then either follow the D6 from la Colle sur Loup to Gréolières through the Gorges du Loup, or come through Vence and via Coursegoules on the D236 and then the D2. From Gréolières, take the road to Thorenc and climb up to the Col de Bleyne. At the Col, a track breaks off right and goes all the way to take-off. The take-off you see is CDB1 (for these purposes - not an official name). To get to CDB2 there is a short walk on a path through the trees to the east.

regulation

Be careful, take off is very near the Nice TMA.