Having a great flying holiday...

...is as much about picking the time of year to visit, as the location.

Here’s our guide to picking the season that will suit you:

December / January / February

Calm winter conditions for big smooth flights and very light thermals. At this time of year we recommend that you combine your holiday with skiing.
Skiing should be best from late December to early March with the pistes at their emptiest in January

March
The thermals are here! And its still ski-able.

April
Great flying in lively spring thermals with great XC potential! Early in the month we lose a lot of days to showery, blustery conditions.

May / June
Great conditions for thermalling and XC. T-shirt and shorts weather (except at cloudbase).

July / August
A mixture of conditions, but always hot. More stable airmasses and inversions than in spring, and some great XC days with really high cloudbases. We tend to fly early, as there’s often a risk of CuNim development in the afternoon.

September / October
More consistent stable weather once again. Great conditions for thermalling beginners and still potential for XC.

November
Some pleasant light conditions, but fewer flyable days than October.