Pilot Level
This trip is open to all autonomous pilots qualified to at least CP level. Conditions in the middle of the day can be quite thermic so depending on your level (or feeling on the day) you might choose to wait until later afternoon and evening for a more gentle ride.
Temperatures
Temperatures during the day time can be hot (over 30C) Cool down in the pool or get high. Evening temperatures are usually very comfortable. The only time you’re likely to get cold is late in the evening when flying high.
Reliable
Conditions at this time of year are hugely reliable. You are guaranteed sunshine! (Statistically the Ager valley suffers less than 1 day of precipitation during the months of both August and September!) On previous trips we have always averaged at least 6 days flying out of 7!
Thermal Flying
The first thermals of the day start to trickle up the mountain at about 10:30am. Shortly thereafter it is possible to stay up and fly the spectacular scenery all day long. Later in the day thermals can get quite strong (up to 4m/s) but are usually not “head-banging”. (We operate our trips here in late summer for a reason) Later still, the air starts to calm and the ridges become soarable. Then in the evening, the famous restitution bubbles up from the valley floor rendering the Ager skies flyable well through to sunset and beyond. Typically, at this time of day the whole valley goes “magic” with smooth gentle lift to be found all over the place: restitution – a special experience for any pilot.
Ager’s flying is very spacious, though the there are few hundred local vultures make great thermal markers.
