On Thursday, September 19, 2013 1:08:06 PM UTC-4, Soartech wrote:
On Tuesday, September 17, 2013 3:36:13 PM UTC-4, Greg Delp wrote:

I'm interested in doing some ridge flights in the Northeast US at various sites like Blairstown, Wurtsboro, Springfield etc...





Hi Greg,

Nice to meet you on Saturday. Funny, but I was about to ask the same question here about New Jersey's long ridges. Daniel, thanks for the good info. Can you start at Wurtsboro, NY or does the ridge get too low to soar between there and Blairstown, NJ area?



Greg, about Springfield, VT; The ridge is reachable from a 1500 foot pattern tow and faces South to Southeast. Winds of 10mph or better are good. It is about 2.5 miles from the airport and if you leave at ridge level you can easily make it back in a 2-33. The ridge is about 1000' vertical. It is not very long, maybe 2 miles. Hope that helps.

Deane

Deane,

Nice to meet you as well. Your glider definitely inflames my self launch envy. I flew out of Springfield several weeks this summer and had a few days on the "local" ridge there with the winds working out of the SE. I'm looking more for extended ridge work most notably transitions to other ridges since the local ridge is much shorter distances than say Blairstown.

I will definitely be making my way to Bald Eagle Ridge at some point in the future and have reviewed the ridge tour video. That's what got me searching for information on the more local ridges. It is an excellent resource and I've had multiple pilots suggest a trip out to fly there. I think I'll order his book if it is available. Thanks for the suggestions.