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Alpine trip and standard trip in a very unsettled week

Submitted by stefan on Monday, 11. March 2024

For a long time, it doesn't seem clear whether the planned Alpine trip can start on Friday. This is because a southerly foehn will be blowing in the Alps during the day. This will be a faithful companion next weekend. It is already the fourth weekend in a row where a Föhn storm is raging in the Alps. As a result, we have already canceled all alpine trips for the weekend on Thursday. Instead, I've organized a standard ride for Saturday morning. But now everything in order:

On Friday 8.3. we start in Tiefencastel GR at 7:10 in the morning. We start at 1500-2000 m up to the Churwalden area. We have a wonderful view of the Lenzerheide ski region. At Malix we then climb to 3500 m and head east at over 20kmh. In this weather, however, I definitely want to land in the middle Prättigau near Jenaz. We reach our intended landing field after 2 hours 30 minutes. A fantastic ride over the fresh and snow-covered mountains comes to an end. The March sun already has a lot of power and so the weather at the landing site is already T-shirt weather.... so signs that the end of this Alpine season is approaching😅

On Saturday morning, March 9, the weather conditions are promising. A moderate foehn wind is blowing in the Alps. I decide to take off from Urnäsch AR. In Appenzellerland there is even snow down to the valley floor. We quickly reach the south wind and head north at around 30 kmh. Unfortunately, the fog has spread a little in the Fürstenland. We correct a few kilometers to the west in the easterly wind and climb up into the southerly wind again at Flawil. We cross the fog field and then quickly reach the fog-free Thur and Aachtal valleys. The landing of this really beautiful and exciting flight takes place after 2 hours close to Lake Constance near Langrickenbach.

Even though the weather was extremely changeable and unstable this week, we were at least able to complete two great flights.😊

Stable and longer lasting balloon weather

Submitted by stefan on Thursday, 8. June 2023

For many, the long-lasting us bad weather in Central Europe was hair-raising. But on every eaves follows again sunshine 😊. So also in this year. Punctually on the Whitsun weekend then slowly better and sunnier weather sets in again. Now we could undertake in recent days but very many and partly wonderful balloon flights. You can find a lot of nice pictures in the gallery. Partly, the sky was a bit hazy due to the accumulated humidity (Biese) in the morning - but exactly because of that, the sunrises were often magnificent! The more humid the air the redder the sun rises or sets. Some trips we had to cancel because of too fast Biese. - But just safety first. Now we are curious how the weather will continue to show. The summer begins officially on 21.6. The Biese has advantages as well as disadvantages. Positive is certainly that the temperature is in the pleasant range. From 25°C it is not so pleasant for balloon flights in the evening. Unfortunately, the Biese leads to the fact that the soils dry out very quickly; rain would be very welcome for agriculture already again!

Christmas gifts

Submitted by stefan on Sunday, 4. December 2022

You are still looking for a suitable Christmas gift?

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