XC camp

Cross-country course (Annecy Vol Libre)

Organizer: Annecy Vol Libre ↗

Annecy Vol Libre's cross-country course for pilots who want to fly up to cloud base, travel across the Alps and learn transitions and ridge running. It develops analysis on the ground and in the air, flight strategy and the mental side, and leads to planning new routes and discovering new sites. Day one starts with a briefing, goal setting, weather analysis and route choice; flights take place from one or more sites depending on conditions. The following days begin with a debrief of the previous flights from GPS tracks and individual technical advice, and the last day ends with a general and personal review. The school is based at Lake Annecy and the flights head into the surrounding massifs; a radio can be borrowed. It is sold by the day.