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 near Gemona or camping
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.
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
We will meet on the day of arrival at 19:00 at the Hotel 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 € 470 for 7 nights - breakfast included. The camping pitches directly at the hotel cost € 15 per night.