Daniel's Mountain

[Bari]

Daniel's mountain looks flyable and soarable Sunday Aug 7th, 2022. FC has been steady since last two days. I'll be heading there tomorrow in the afternoon.

[Bari]

I flew Daniel's well it was a sledder. PGs sank out, I waited some and then went for it. As I got out of the launch slot and took a right turn I saw a few birds above the ridge but my vario didn't beep once. I went west until the bowl and then turned and flew past the launch at which point I was maybe 100 foot below launch. There were a few pops here and there but nothing material so I went for the landing. Flew over the house and landed uphil.

At least Daniels saw an HG flying after many many years right! So that's good enough for me.

[markc]

Glad you got to fly Bari! You are right, HG flights have been rare at Daniels lately.... How was the road up?

[Bari]

Road, well it's terrible (can't classify it as a road but for crossover or proper SUVs it's nothing they can't handle). There was a tree that had fallen across the road perhaps 100 yards before launch so had to park there and carry the glider. After 4 it picked up and there was plenty of wind down at the LZ too.

[markc]

Remind me what you are driving Bari? Downgraded from a 4Runner to an Outback a while ago, curious if the latter is still able to make it up there...

[Bari]

I have a 4runner, but Randy gets his Subaru Outback easily.