Laragne Area

Location
Laragne is situated in South East France, roughly half way between Marseille and Grenoble. It benefits from a Provence climate with mostly dry sunny weather. One of France's best known Hang Gliding sites, Laragne-Chabre boasts exceptionally good flying conditions from April through to October. Well spaced ridges and valleys provide excellent potential for a variety of cross country flying tasks. Landing fields are abundant and valley winds are rarely a problem.
The town of Laragne and the nearby villages of Ribiers, Orpierre and Barret sur Meouge, offer a warm welcome, good local facilities and many accommodation choices. Communications are reasonably good with regular bus and train services from the North and South and a motorway link (A51) within 10km. The competition headquarters will be in the heart of Laragne town, close to bars, restaurants, shops and the tourist office. The larger towns of Gap and Sisteron are close by with more extensive shopping, sports and commercial facilities.