Sites/Mt Emei
DOSSIER · 398SITE · ASIA
29°31′21″N · 103°20′12″ELIVE CHART · OBSERVED 1359Z
Airworthy · 3+
ASIA · LESHAN · CHN

Mt Emei

ThermalRidgeXCSimulatedFoot Launch
ELEV 3,074 M / 10,086 FT

Specimen Sheet · Vital Statistics

Launch Elev3,074 m
Launch Elev FT10,086 ft MSL
Min Hang RatingH3
Best Wind102° · 10–20 kt
Coordinates29.5226° N
 103.3367° E

Classification · Terrain & Access

Foot Launch
§ 01CHART · LAUNCHES & LANDINGS

Field chart.

Launch point
Landing zone
Launch heading
1 LAUNCH · 1 LZ · ALT RANGE 8043,074 M

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

Mount Emei is a 3,099-metre-tall (10,167 ft) mountain in Sichuan Province, China, and is the highest of the Four Sacred Buddhist Mountains of China. Mount Emei sits at the western rim of the Sichuan Basin. The mountains west of it are known as Daxiangling. A large surrounding area of countryside is geologically known as the Permian Emeishan Large Igneous Province, a large igneous province generated by the Emeishan Traps volcanic eruptions during the Permian Period.

Has 1 different launch points. The best wind direction is 102.4 @ 10 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 EnvelopeESE · 102° ±0°

NSEWNESENWSW
1020 kt
Primary · ESE · 102°
Envelope: 102° – 102° (±0°)
Preferred · 1015 ktWorkable · 1523 ktHazardous · >25 kt

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§ 07 · Location · Field CoordinatesWGS-84

Latitude29.522631
Longitude103.336703
DMS · N29°31′21″N
DMS · E103°20′12″E
Altitude3,074 m
Altitude FT10,086 ft
UTM48R 338 805 E · 4 314 422 N

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FILE № 398 · CLOSED 2026·03·21
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✎ SURVEYED · ASIA · CHN