en-ca sergewebservice@yahoo.ca (Flying at mount 7) Serge Lamarche http://mt7.ca/seven.html http://mt7.ca/favicon.gif http://mt7.ca/seven.html 16 16 Flying (hang gliding and paragliding) news from mount 7 in Golden, BC, Canada http://mt7.ca/wmxcc_photo2011.html 2 february 2012 Willi 2011 photo contest completed. Dan Wells and Michael Goergens won. See winning photos. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 9:00:00 MST http://mt7.ca/wmxcc_photo2011.html 3 december 2011 Willi 2011 photo contest is ready. Vote online! Sat, 03 Dec 2011 15:00:00 MST http://mt7.ca/seven.html 14 october 2011 This year was exceptionally average. Three major events were scheduled but were very much impeded by the bad weather striking the first half of the season. Several paragliders did not make it to the lz, as usual. A few ended in the trees and some even in the sloughs. Two had to be rescued by SAR. There was two or three great weeks of solid sunny weather end of august beginning of september. Distances were not done much then but super for local flights and scratching practice. Two of us worked at cutting some of the bushes on the north launch last weekend, a badly needed maintenance work. Btw, remember that the Willi photo contest is still to come. Fri, 14 Oct 2011 18:00:00 MST http://mt7.ca/seven.html 17 mars 2011 National PG and HG are set, both in Golden in July, preceding the Willi. More details in the events section. Thu, 17 Mar 2011 20:00:00 MST http://mt7.ca/seven.html 21 sep 2010 Glassoff is this saturday no matter the weather. Entry: $20. Prize for best costume and target landing. Opportunity to work on maintenance of LZ and takeoff, in bad weather. In brief: fun! :D Tue, 21 Sep 2010 13:10:00 MST http://mt7.ca/seven.html 7 jul 2010 Willi 2010 went very well. Few incidents, good weather. Results posted. National paragliding got worse weather, more windy. Video by Ole posted. This past week, two hang gliding accidents on takeoff. I am updating news more often on Twitter. Tue, 07 Jul 2010 22:10:00 MST http://mt7.ca/seven.html 13 jul 2010 Willi 2010 starts this coming weekend. Real t-shirts this year. Registration online or in person. And the weather forecast is the best so far this year. Tue, 13 Jul 2010 00:10:00 MST http://mt7.ca/seven.html 7 fev 2010 Winners of the Willi 2009 photo contest are finally declared. New twitter account for mount 7 under mt7air. Sun, 07 Feb 2010 14:45:00 MST http://mt7.ca/seven.html 18 jan 2010 Paragliding National takes most of Willi dates this year. Hence, the Willi will be held earlier: July 17 to 25. Mon, 18 Jan 2010 23:45:00 MST http://mt7.ca/seven.html 29 September 2009 Weather was ideal for work and flights during Glassoff weekend. Fund raiser a success. Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:30:00 MST http://mt7.ca/seven.html 20 September 2009 The Willi was scary with many gust fronts, see the Willi page for results and short overview. September is sunny but rather stable. The Glassoff is coming Sept 26 (27). Target landing, dinner, and live band for $20 entry fee. Please, volunteer for the maintenance of the LZ that weekend. Sun, 20 Sep 2009 01:00:00 MST http://mt7.ca/seven.html 19 July 2009 - The short event for Bowle-Evans road was swell. Some incidents and accidents without major injuries. Great flying otherwise. And - July 24/25 - August 2: the Willi 2009! Sun, 19 Jul 2009 15:00:00 MST http://mt7.ca/seven.html 8 July 2009 - July 10 around 6 pm at Bowle-Evans road: celebration of the late Peter Bowle-Evans whom had the honour of giving his name to the mount 7 forestry road. and - July 24/25 - August 2: the Willi 2009! Sat, 08 Jul 2009 00:00:00 MST http://mt7.ca/seven.html 6 June 2009 This week was great. Visitors came mid-week to enjoy it. Good distances. LZ invaded by gophers. Sat, 06 Jun 2009 14:00:00 MST http://mt7.ca/seven.html 20 April 2009 Prepare your gear. Still some time since the road is not quite open yet. If you plan to come to the Willi and camp at the GEAR, please make an advance reservation. No other major competition at mount 7 this year. See Events calendar. Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:00:00 MST http://mt7.ca/seven.html 24 September 2008 - b The cold has arrived this week. The air is more active, harboring good bubbles when the sun shows up. Don't forget the Golden Glassoff next Saturday. See calendar of events. Wed, 24 sep 2008 22:00:00 GMT http://mt7.ca/seven.html 24 September 2008 - a Welcome to the new rss news location of mount 7. And sorry again for not being assiduous at the rss this year. Wed, 24 sep 2008 16:00:00 GMT http://mt7.ca/seven.html 04 July 2008 Tomorrow, saturday July 5 the road access to the takeoff will be limited for the Psychosis. The bike club provided us with passes to go through. These passes are available at the GEAR office at the landing zone. There are a limited numbers of passes, so please car pool more than usual on saturday. Fri, 04 jul 2008 16:00:00 GMT http://mt7.ca/seven.html 16 February 2008 Geocities cannot hold mount 7 traffic anymore. The website is moving. Sat, 16 Feb 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://peterbowleevans.ca/ 21 January 2008 Sorry to report here the tragic death of Peter Bowle-Evans last wednesday in an avalanche while backcountry skiing. There will be a memorial tomorrow in the main GEAR building, at the landing zone. Mon, 21 Jan 2008 22:00:00 GMT http://mt7.ca/seven.html 10 September 2007 The last yearly event is the Golden Glassoff held on September 29 this year. It's a target and costume competition. Yes, it's supposed to be silly. Mon, 10 Sep 2007 17:00:00 GMT http://mt7.ca/seven.html 10 july 2007 Two events this coming weekend, July 13-15. Psychosis, the mountain biking race takes some place and Scott bans parking at the Lookout. Drop off the gear and park down. And there is the cross-country camp. Hopefully the weather will be there for all. Tue, 10 Jul 2007 17:00:00 GMT http://mt7.ca/seven.html 4 july 2007 The sun heat it up more. Flying to be had. One blotch: the last bit of road will be closed for a wedding 3:45 to 4:45 pm saturday July 7. Thu, 5 Jul 2007 04:30:00 GMT http://mt7.ca/seven.html 4 june 2007 The Lookout is now accessible. One paraglider threw reserve. High flights were made. It's summer for real. Mon, 4 Jun 2007 18:00:00 GMT http://mt7.ca/seven.html 14 may 2007 The 9k (lower) launch is accessible now and the summer is on! Tue, 15 May 2007 18:00:00 GMT http://mt7.ca/seven.html 24 april 2007 Yesterday was nice and sunny. Scott took off from the expert 5k launch. First north to Willowbank then south to Edgewater. One hundred thirty-five km, he estimates. "Up to cloudbase of 11,700'. It was tiring with violent lift out there." he reports. Tue, 24 Apr 2007 16:30:00 GMT http://mt7.ca/seven.html 14 april 2007 After verification, the road is challenging, snowy and muddy at places. It was grated all winter for tree harvesting. Higher? At least a metre of snow, quite hard still, since it doesn't melt fast in altitude. The 9 km takeoff is clear though, if you're willing to walk. Sun, 15 Apr 2007 01:10:00 GMT http://mt7.ca/seven.html 12 april 2007 Melting, melting and there, the first Spring flights. Paragliders Dan, Hugo, Scott, J.-P. and more already went off cross country even: Briso, Spilli... The longest being by Dan, landing yesterday at the Invermere airport, about 100 km. The road is driveable up to the 8 km and could be open to the Lookout next week. Thu, 12 Apr 2007 23:20:00 GMT http://mt7.ca/seven.html 9 april 2007 Mount 7 website is now equiped with RSS streaming. I will put an abridged version of the news in this stream. Thanks. - Serge Lamarche. Mon, 9 Apr 2007 21:30:00 GMT