Before our 2014 Exploration here, I spent weeks on end scouring Google Maps for every mountain or bump which had paragliding potential. It was in this particular area that I not only found a nice long range, but a road running to the top! To be clear, this is the only road running from the bottom to the top of a mountain in the whole entire southern half of the country, and, because it connects two major trade routes, there's a decent amount of traffic heading up. All that on top of that it takes the standard Easterly breeze from the Indian Ocean and you've got a site that's flyable six out of seven days and a great place for new pilots to log up to five flights per day.
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Vol-Bivouac - Across the Bugaboos
Only in my wildest dreams ..a Vol-Biv (fly camp) connecting the mighty Slocan and Columbia Valleys.
Inspired by many great adventurers, pushing the boundaries of this niche sport, this was my first time going at it solo and I am still ecstatically grateful at the result.
Thank you for sharing this with me. <3 Ben
Google Earth Tracklog: https://benjaminjordan.com/photo/vol_bivouac_across_bugaboos/
Photography from the Team Swiss Cheese project of vol-biv piltos Benjamin Jordan and Krischa Berlinger. This begins with Jordan supporting Berlinger as SUI2 during the 2017 X-Alps in Europe.
