DESCRIPTION

This is a pretty sweet ridge soaring site and with so much other stuff to do in the area you've got lots of options if it's not on. You can cruise pretty far West down the ridge, even jumping over the road. You can also jump back to the ridge behind but it gets somewhat technical back there. I'm guessing I was able to get about 500' over and I saw some hawks out there as well. If you link the ridges further back, you may not be able to get out front again. I tried to just make it out front by cutting through the bowl and aiming low on the ridge but there was a bit of a venturi as all the extra wind pushed around the corner thus forcing me to land on the beach. I think it may be possible to keep linking ridges further back so that you could eventually connect with the big mountains way back there and maybe go XC! I'll save that for my next attempt. You're probably looking at an hour plus hike out if you sink out though although you might be able to re-launch to save some time. I'd love to hear reports back if anyone tries this out.

ACTIVITIES

- paragliding
- winch
- hanggliding
- soaring

weather

If you fly in the morning watch out for wind strength increasing as the day goes on. It can get very windy here.

access

Just head to Kernville then head South towards the lake. There are lots of pull-offs in front of the ridge.

regulation

None known, I saw some guys come up to work on the tower while I was flying but they didn't seem to care, there's only one little tower there and you don't need to fly anywhere near it. Just be respectful of the land as it probably is private property up there.