Gemona Southern Alps
Fly with Clemens in the Southern Alps
Next date: 2 to 9 August 2025
6 flying days + arrival and departure
Meeting point: in Gemona Italy or pick-up at Venice Airport VCE
Price: 790€ (maximum 8 pilots)
Info: Gemona is the perfect base to explore the Southern Alps and for XC flying. The famous "XC highways" Soča Valley (Slovenia) and Drautal (Austria) are very close.
Accommodation: Hotel Willy in Gemona or camping
General info and flying sites:
Gemona, with its local mountains Cuarnan and San Simeone, offers reliably good flying conditions in summer.
The area is incredibly varied - situated on the southern edge of the Alps with a view of the Po Valley, surrounded by the Julian and Carnic Alps and the Belluno Dolomites to the west.
To name just a few of the well-known flying sites nearby: Kobariški Stol, Lijak, Meduno, Greifenburg, Dolada
Here you can get to know the Southern Alps, fly thermals and find easy routes for XC flights.
Services:
Supervision by our guide and instructor Clemens Lehner (paraspotting.com)
Transport and instruction in the flying sites
Training in thermal flying
Instructions to XC flights
Retrieval on cross-country flights
On request: pick-up at Venice Airport VCE
Organisation and booking of the hotel and campsites
Travel and accommodation:
We will meet on the day of arrival at 19:00 at the Hotel Willy in Gemona for dinner and to get to know each other.
If you are travelling by plane to VCE Venice: Book your flight so that you are at the exit at 15:00 on the day of arrival. Do not book your departure before 15:00 on the day of your return journey.
A single room in the hotel costs around € 500 for 7 nights - breakfast and a very good dinner included. The camping pitches directly at the hotel cost € 15 per night.