North America · Colorado, USA
Crested Butte
v1.0 · BETA
About
Launch from the top of the ski area. Launch is very unforgiving and quite difficult but worth it. You can fly huge out and returns or triangles from this site. The mountain sits in the middle of a valley surrounded by 13,000 ft peaks and ridges all around it.
Launch Points (1)
Crested Butte TAKEOFF
very sketch.
Landing Zones (1)
Crested Butte LZ
Anywhere near town where you won't get shot.
Flying Conditions
Has 1 different launch points. The best wind direction is 180 @ 0 knts but many sites can be flown from multiple directions, so check before you fly. You can expect to find: thermal conditions cross country potential , all dependent on current weather conditions.
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Location
- Latitude
- 38.881401
- Longitude
- -106.937784
- Altitude
- 3,612 m / 11,849 ft
- Time Zone
- US Mountain Standard Time
Conditions
- Min Hang Rating
- H4
- Best Wind Dir
- S (180°)
- Weather Station
- KGUC
Chase the Wind
Nearest weather station to Crested Butte. Select any row to see which launches are in wind, then set your MSFS world clock to that UTC time.
Gunnison Arpt, CO, US
13:13 UTC
39 km from site
Wind
NW 310°
12 G27 kt
Ceiling
BKN 0 ft
10+ sm vis
NW 310° · 12 G27 kt · 13:13 UTC
Select a time to check launches
Jan 21
Weather at , 39 km from Crested Butte. Mountain conditions may differ — this is a clue, not a forecast. Adjust sim time on site until conditions feel right.