Sites/Monte Cucco
DOSSIER · 291SITE · NORTH AMERICA
43°21′50″N · 12°44′38″ELIVE CHART · OBSERVED 1401Z
Airworthy · 2+
NORTH AMERICA · ITALY · UNDEFINED

Monte Cucco

ThermalRidgeXCSimulatedFoot Launch
ELEV 1,456 M / 4,777 FT

Specimen Sheet · Vital Statistics

Launch Elev1,456 m
Launch Elev FT4,777 ft MSL
Min Hang RatingH2
Best Wind260° · 0–0 kt
Coordinates43.3639° N
 12.7438° E

Classification · Terrain & Access

Foot Launch
§ 01CHART · LAUNCHES & LANDINGS

Field chart.

Launch point
Landing zone
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1 LAUNCH · 2 LZs · ALT RANGE 4911,456 M

§ 02 · Flying Conditions · Field NotesUpdated 2026·03·21

The site itself is lovely, with a café/restaurant located a couple of minutes walk from take-off. The take-off is spacious, grassy and rounded, making for easy rigging and a pleasant run off. Once off the edge of the mountain, you have a few thousand feet to play with before needing to think about landing. Out towards the valley there were a couple of spurs that seemed to consistently kick off good thermals and the ‘house thermal’ was being generated just to the right of take-off, these meant that there was no fear of flying straight to the bottom landing.

Landing back on top was also an option with a nice breeze meaning landing was easy. Bottom landing was a tad more difficult with the light/no wind conditions leading to lots of overshooting, thankfully the overshoot area was land-able!

Has 1 different launch points. The best wind direction is 260 @ 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 cross country potential , all dependent on current weather conditions.

§ 03 · Wind Window · Best Operating EnvelopeW · 260° ±0°

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Primary · W · 260°
Envelope: 260° – 260° (±0°)
Preferred · 00 ktWorkable · 03 ktHazardous · >5 kt

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§ 07 · Location · Field CoordinatesWGS-84

Latitude43.363930
Longitude12.743772
DMS · N43°21′50″N
DMS · E12°44′38″E
Altitude1,456 m
Altitude FT4,777 ft
UTM33T 317 185 E · 9 020 526 N

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FILE № 291 · CLOSED 2026·03·21
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✎ SURVEYED · NORTH AMERICA · UNDEFINED