Cuchi Corral or Flying in La Cumbre

La Cumbre has a group of mountains and hillsides which create the perfect environment to become initiated in free flying. No wonder the number of pilots and students that reach the air becomes multiplied year after year.


Flying in Cuchi Corral

The geographical, meteorological and weather conditions featured in the area of La Cumbre turn out to be ideal for paragliding, not only for those who have dominated the flying techniques but also for those students who have resolved to take a beginners’ course and are enjoying their first flights.

The soft hillsides and slopes featured by some mountain chains in the area turn these into real schools.

At this spot, instructors are in charge of passing on basic knowledge to the students in order to get them ready to complete their first flights. They learn how to inflate the sail, run to the chosen spot, start to fly and develop a correct technique to face the ascents and descents once they are flying.

On the other hand, landings are not abrupt at all. La Cumbre has a great deal of hillsides and fields that let beginners touch ground again without any mayor difficulties and without any risk for accidents.


The Best Pilots in the World

Before the arrival of the so longed year 2000, the best pilots in the world gathered at La Cumbre and its surroundings (Las Gemelas Hill, in Capilla del Monte) to take part in the first and only Paragliding World Cup organized in Argentina so far.

The best in this activity, among which Swiss Andy Heidigger (today living in La Cumbre with his aeroatellier) stands out, and other highly qualified Argentinian pilots treated themselves and showed the excellent weather conditions the area features for free flights.

Constant and excellent thermals (masses of hot air) to elevate and the real possibility to carry out significant long distance flights managed to make Argentina known worldwide within the scope of this sport. Nowadays, even though the situation has changed remarkably, over twenty pilots cross the skies of Cuchi Corral every weekend. And if the wind helps, they land a few meters away from the City of La Cumbre.

A bird’s thing, some would say.