Paragliding
from Mt. Prevost
© Vancouver Island Paragliding |
To soar or not
to soar - that is your choice! If flight is your fancy, Vancouver
Island is your destination. Glide solo or fly in tandem on your first
day as you launch off precipitous cliffs and summits.
Whether experienced
or under instruction, confident or anxious, be sure to bask in our
glorious aerial panoramas before gently touching down in one of
the island's pretty valleys.
The popularity of these sports has grown significantly in recent
times, with paragliding now more popular than hanggliding on Vancouver
Island. Vancouver Island is unique in having the only ridge-soaring
paragliding site within a city itself, let alone the capital of
the province. The cliffs along Dallas Road provide excellent paragliding
just a few minutes from Downtown Victoria, with great spectator
value.
High Spots
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Dallas
Road, Victoria: East of Cook Street - Coastal site offering
ridge flying. |
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Mt.
Prevost, Cowichan Valley: located 5 miles north of Duncan
- Coastal mountain site offering thermal and ridge flying on
the west face. |
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Malahat,
Victoria: 19 miles north of Victoria - Coastal mountain site
offering ridge and thermal flying. |
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Beaufort
Range (Mt. Irwin), Port Alberni: located northeast of Port
Alberni - inland mountain site offering ridge and thermal flying. |
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Doran
Lake, Port Alberni/Sproat Lake: located west of Port Alberni
- Mountain site offering thermal flying. |
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Bruce
Peak, Mount Bruce, Saltspring Island: Overlooking the Fulford
Valley - Coastal, mountain site offering ridge and thermal flying. |
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Mt.
Maxwell, Saltspring Island: - Coastal, mountain site offering
ridge and thermal flying - advanced pilots only. |
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Saturna
Island: Coastal site offering ridge flying. Please note
that this is a club only site, and visiting pilots cannot be
accommodated. |
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Youbou:
West of Lake Cowichan on north shore of Cowichan Lake, above
the town of Youbou - Mountain site offering thermal flying. |
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