Ophir Canyon – Takeoff · Paragliding XC (2015

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38.9597, -117.31 · Navigate →

Track starts

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Name	Flights	Coordinates
Ophir Canyon	7	`38.95970, -117.31000`	Navigate →
Ophir Pass	5	`38.95970, -117.30990`	Navigate →
Ophir Pass	2	`38.95960, -117.31000`	Navigate →
Ophir	2	`38.95950, -117.31010`	Navigate →
Ophir Canyon	1	`38.95950, -117.31040`	Navigate →
Ophir	1	`38.95950, -117.31000`	Navigate →
Ophir Canyon	1	`38.95980, -117.31030`	Navigate →
Ophir Canyon	1	`38.95980, -117.31020`	Navigate →
Ophir Canyon	1	`38.95960, -117.30960`	Navigate →
Toiyabe	1	`38.95960, -117.31020`	Navigate →

Statistics

22flights ≥100 pts

2flights per year

231.3average points

363.6maximum points

215.7 kmaverage distance

363.6 kmmaximum distance

0.4XC days per year

11pilots

4active years

no recent flightstrend

Augmain season

0 %foreign pilots

55 %weekend flights

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Top flights

Date	Distance (km)	Points	Route	Class	XContest
2020-08-08	363.6	363.6	Open distance	D	↗
2020-08-08	329.8	329.8	Open distance	D	↗
2023-07-08	298.1	298.1	Open distance	CCC	↗
2020-08-08	288	288	Open distance	D	↗
2022-06-22	283.8	283.8	Open distance	D	↗

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