[Frank Colver]

Thanks Joe, I don't think that's it for two reasons. The ferry dock was big and I don't see it and I remember the ramp being behind the town and up on the right when looking inland from the beach.

It sure would be interesting to find out more about the ramp I saw.

FC

[JoeF]

Will keep look for the ramp you saw, Frank. During the adventurous seek, some other ramps will post.

Here is about a Monster ramp, Mt. Lolo.

[JoeF]

Col de la Forclaz ramp at Annecy

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[JoeF]

Sicamous

https://carnorda.wordpress.com/2010/04/06/hang-gliding-ramp-in-sicamous/#jp-carousel-1730

[JoeF]

Sicamous
http://www.flyok.ca/phpbb3/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=136

[JoeF]

[JoeF]

Clip of incline frm video at YouTube:
CANOA Flying es Alegria !
Alex Morillo [Alex is a super modeler; and perhaps one of the world's leading joined-wing modelers.)

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Seems to be a placing of carpet on sandy area ...

[JoeF]

Consider balloon-held incline.
The tease:
http://www.dezeen.com/2012/11/15/pont-d ... rossetete/

Or have balloon as structure for incline?
The tease:
http://www.dezeen.com/2011/10/17/passin ... go-barros/

Or The Cloud might feature a held incline for hang gliding
along with a landing zone on The Cloud:
The tease:
http://www.dezeen.com/2007/06/14/the-cl ... -hapsitus/

[JoeF]

High Rock

[JoeF]

Re: HG fatality at High Rock MD Sat, Nov 14 2015, 7:53:44 pm
This is one of the worst take off areas that I´ve ever seen.

I never flew from there, but the old Brasilia ramp was something like this High Rock thing.
Except perhaps gnarlier looking, in a long stony ridge, just as windy and more thermally active and with a vertical 1200 feet drop into dark rocks. Shocked

It was no suprise that practically every year they had a comp there, some pilot died.
They nicknamed it Suicide Ramp.

Then sometime later, people found out that the piece of ridge just about 2 miles from there had a perfect natural ramp, the new Brasilia take off site, used to this day.
It still windy and thermally but it´s a laminar flow and that makes all the difference!

When you take a look at these old take off videos you can notice how steep and abrupt is the lift band coming from such a vertical cliff.

It´s just too dangerous, come on…