North America · California, USA
Kernville Slabs
v1.0 · BETA
About
From the campground underneath the Kernville slabs start hiking up for about 20 or 30 minutes until you find away around all the bluffs. This may require some minor scrambling, watch out for critters like snakes and skunks, I saw both up there. Once you get above the slabs you'll come to easier grassier terrain. Launch is quite wind sheltered and very misgiving as to actual conditions. One launch is to head WNW, you will probably have to run for quite a bit and then dodge a few trees on your way out. I had to get rid of a smaller bush the first time I was there as it was right in the way. There is lots of sticks and debris around so do your best to keep your lines clear. It took me a few tries to launch here due to high wind shadowing from trees in front. Also the conditions felt almost lee side or catabatic as cycles seemed to be getting weaker and less frequent and even flipping my leading edge over once as I waited. Regardless, conditions in the air were quite the opposite.
Launch Points (1)
Kernville Slabs Launch
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Landing Zones (2)
Actual LZ
*** IMPORTANT *** You should be very comfortable with your spot landings to fly here. Just South of the campground is a small 7m x 7m concrete slab that has some high brush/trees on one side and smaller stuff on the other side. This is your best bet but it is super tight. That being said, I'm not a fantastic spot lander and I nailed it my first time so there's nothing overly tricky about it but if you screw up you will be in the trees or pulling your wing out bushes for the next hour. The landing was right by our campsite so that's pretty awesome. Although there are campgrounds all around here so your results may vary. Please watch out for power lines while landing. Remember to always cross going over the pole not the middle of the wire.
Kernville Slabs LZ
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Flying Conditions
Has 1 different launch points. The best wind direction is 270 @ 0 knts but many sites can be flown from multiple directions, so check before you fly. You can expect to find: thermal conditions ridge soaring conditions , all dependent on current weather conditions.
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Location
- Latitude
- 35.817032
- Longitude
- -118.454313
- Altitude
- 1,052 m / 3,452 ft
- Time Zone
- Pacific Daylight Time
Conditions
- Min Hang Rating
- H4
- Best Wind Dir
- W (270°)
- Weather Station
- KPTV
Chase the Wind
Nearest weather station to Kernville Slabs. Select any row to see which launches are in wind, then set your MSFS world clock to that UTC time.
Porterville Muni, CA, US
13:13 UTC
60 km from site
Wind
NW 310°
8 kt
Ceiling
Clear
10+ sm vis
NW 310° · 8 kt · 13:13 UTC
Select a time to check launches
Jan 21
Weather at , 60 km from Kernville Slabs. Mountain conditions may differ — this is a clue, not a forecast. Adjust sim time on site until conditions feel right.