{"id":222,"date":"2014-06-30T16:02:19","date_gmt":"2014-06-30T16:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flyfiesch.co.nf\/?page_id=222"},"modified":"2017-11-15T21:22:24","modified_gmt":"2017-11-15T21:22:24","slug":"galvera","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.flyfiesch.com\/?page_id=222","title":{"rendered":"Galvera"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Coordinates: 46\u00b024\u201918\u2033 N \u00a0 8\u00b005\u201948\u2033 E\u00a0\u00a0 2150m ASL\u00a0\u00a0 Orientation: SSE<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<style id=\"mceDefaultStyles\" type=\"text\/css\">.mce-content-body div.mce-resizehandle {position: absolute;border: 1px solid black;box-sizing: box-sizing;background: #FFF;width: 7px;height: 7px;z-index: 10000}.mce-content-body .mce-resizehandle:hover {background: #000}.mce-content-body img[data-mce-selected],.mce-content-body hr[data-mce-selected] {outline: 1px solid black;resize: none}.mce-content-body .mce-clonedresizable {position: absolute;outline: 1px dashed black;opacity: .5;filter: alpha(opacity=50);z-index: 10000}.mce-content-body .mce-resize-helper {background: #555;background: rgba(0,0,0,0.75);border-radius: 3px;border: 1px;color: white;display: none;font-family: sans-serif;font-size: 12px;white-space: nowrap;line-height: 14px;margin: 5px 10px;padding: 5px;position: absolute;z-index: 10001}<br \/>\n.mce-visual-caret {position: absolute;background-color: black;background-color: currentcolor;}.mce-visual-caret-hidden {display: none;}*[data-mce-caret] {position: absolute;left: -1000px;right: auto;top: 0;margin: 0;padding: 0;}<br \/>\n.mce-content-body .mce-offscreen-selection {position: absolute;left: -9999999999px;}.mce-content-body *[contentEditable=false] {cursor: default;}.mce-content-body *[contentEditable=true] {cursor: text;}<br \/>\nbody {min-height: 150px}<br \/>\n<\/style>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><script id=\"mce_1\" src=\"http:\/\/127.0.0.1:4001\/wordpress\/wp-includes\/js\/tinymce\/plugins\/wpembed\/..\/..\/..\/wp-embed.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\" data-mce-src=\"http:\/\/127.0.0.1:4001\/wordpress\/wp-includes\/js\/tinymce\/plugins\/wpembed\/..\/..\/..\/wp-embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">Galvera is located about 1km to the south-west of the Fiescheralp cable car station, and usually used for competitions. As it faces SSE rather than ESE, it generally starts working later than Heimat, but the thermic flow\u00a0here, once established, is stronger and more consistent. By early afternoon,\u00a0the house thermal directly in front of launch is usually\u00a0a reliable elevator to cloudbase, but you must then be competent at launching in breezy conditions, and it\u00a0may become too strong to get off here at all. Later still,\u00a0especially if the general meteo wind has a westerly component, a south-westerly valley flow from Brig may well cause an unpleasant crosswind which renders this takeoff quite unsafe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Although Heimat is my standard choice of launch in the summer, I consider Galvera to be a much better bet in weak conditions, e.g. when a poor lapse rate or high cirrus is inhibiting thermal development and leading to a decision to delay launching for fear of bombing out.\u00a0 This is because the terrain immediately below this takeoff\u00a0seems to\u00a0generate the most consistent\u00a0lift\u00a0in the\u00a0Fiescheralp\/Bettmeralp\/Riederalp region, so if you anticipate a struggle to find usable climbs, you improve your chances of success\u00a0by starting here.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I strongly favour Galvera when there is snow on the ground at this level (though I should point out that I don&#8217;t know of anyone else who holds this opinion).\u00a0 In these conditions, I have often observed a\u00a0fickle downslope flow at Heimat, particularly when a\u00a0thermal has just released in front of takeoff, i.e. the ideal moment to launch.\u00a0\u00a0In contrast, thermals seem to produce intermittent upslope wafts at Galvera, which not only assist the launch process, but also facilitate taking off directly into lift at the start of a cycle.\u00a0 On several occasions, this tactic has enabled me to climb out, completely on my own, when competent pilots with thermalling skills at least as good as mine are fighting to maintain height around the Heimat area.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coordinates: 46\u00b024\u201918\u2033 N \u00a0 8\u00b005\u201948\u2033 E\u00a0\u00a0 2150m ASL\u00a0\u00a0 Orientation: SSE Galvera is located about 1km to the south-west of the Fiescheralp cable car station, and usually used for competitions. 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