Learn cross-country flying
Season start in Ticino
Along the steep sunny slopes and back again.
Ticino
Thu 15 Apr – Sun 18 Apr 2027
4 of 6 places left
Everything I offer
What I
offer
Camps over four days in one region, spontaneous flying days when the forecast is good and a coaching day just for you. Plus briefing and debriefing online, even in bad weather and talks for clubs and flying schools.
XC camps 2027
I explain what I see and how I make decisions.
Four flying days in a row, Thursday to Sunday, six people at most, it goes ahead with four.
Learn cross-country flying
You climb out in easy thermals and want to go cross-country.
2 campsTicino · ValaisApril to May 2027
Fly further
You already fly cross-country and want to go further than before.
4 campsValais · Switzerland and nearbyMay to September 2027
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All camps, by date
Fully bookedFly further
Spring in Valais
Weak valley wind and good thermals for the step up to big cross-country flights.
Goms and Aletsch
Thu 6 May – Sun 9 May 2027
Fully booked. The waiting list is open.
Learn cross-country flying
The Goms
From thermal to thermal and always with a landing field within reach.
Goms
Thu 13 May – Sun 16 May 2027
3 of 6 places left
Region by weatherFly further
XC Camp Flex – The best place
Four days where it really works that week.
Switzerland and nearby
Thu 3 Jun – Sun 6 Jun 2027
3 of 6 places left
Fly further
Between the four-thousanders
High cloud base with very good thermals over the main Alpine ridge.
Valais
Thu 5 Aug – Sun 8 Aug 2027
4 of 6 places left
Fully bookedFly further
The southern valleys of Valais
High-alpine terrain with pleasant thermals and weak valley wind.
Val d'Anniviers
Thu 2 Sept – Sun 5 Sept 2027
Fully booked. The waiting list is open.
Not quite there yet? If you don’t climb out in every thermal yet, you don’t have to wait until it comes by itself: a coaching day for two shows where you stand and you take two or three exercises away for your next flights.
If you’re unsure which of the three paths is yours, write to me with one sentence on where you stand: flights, wing, longest flight. I’ll tell you honestly which camp is right for you now and if there isn’t one, I’ll tell you that too. And if three or four of you are at the same point, I’ll turn it into days just for you.
If you don’t want to plan at all
The other way: no date in advance, just the announcement as soon as the forecast is clear.
The core offer
Spontaneous XC Days
1 to 2 days · announced 48 h ahead · 3 to 6 people
On the days when it really works. The forecast decides, not the calendar.
How an XC Day works →
Coaching and briefing
One-to-one coaching
CHF 7901 day · in the mountains · on your own or for two
A day in the mountains, just the two of us. First we look at where you stand and where you want to go and then at what actually moves you forward on that path: the basics that bring you closer to your goal, or straight away the big thing you have set out to do.
Briefing and debriefing
CHF 45 for 30 minutesOnline · bookable individually · all year round
Support through the season, even without me in the air. You fly cross-country yourself but don’t know the area or want to know where the dangers and the potential lie on that day: then you book a briefing the evening before. And after the flight a debriefing: you often learn the most from a flight you look at again calmly.
Prices per person, for the coaching day per day. Travel, accommodation, cable cars and food are not included. Quote on request.
For clubs and companies
Talks and workshops
An evening or half a day with you: at the club, at the flying school or at a trade fair. I bring real days along, the forecast from back then, the track, what I had expected and what actually came. With them I can show how to assess weather, flight tactics and a flying area.
- Understanding the weather in Valais
- Valley winds, the Grimseler, foehn and bise, northerly situations: behind the seemingly complex conditions there is a clear system. Whoever knows it uses the wind systems to their advantage and plans their flying days more deliberately. With live readings, 3D tracks and practical examples from real days.
- Alpine crossings in Switzerland
- An Alpine crossing is the result of planning, the right day and a few decisions along the way. Using real flights I show which ones they are: the classic crossings, how to fly them when conditions are good, where the landing options lie as Plan B and which dangers come with them. Plus the creative routes you don’t see on the map.
- Flying with foresight
- Types of lee, key spots, reading the terrain. Seeing the danger before you are in it and the options that follow from that.
- Learning from every flight
- Debriefing as a step forward: how every flight turns into learning moments and how you apply them on your next flight.
Given at, among others
- Vertical Paragliding
- Fluggruppe Aletsch
- Rolli Bock
Given for clubs and associations (talk evening, season opener, site briefing for the members), for flying schools as a training module and for organisers at trade fairs and testivals. Fee plus travel and expenses. I give talks on site, not as a livestream. Everything else I clarify with you beforehand.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need a particular wing?
No. A and B wings are explicitly welcome. The flights this is about don’t need much performance: they need the right day and the right line. I celebrate a crossing on a B wing at least as much as every kilometre on a competition wing.
How far along do I need to be?
You should have a valid licence and fly thermals. A number of hours says little. Send me a sentence on where you stand (flights, wing, longest flight) and I’ll tell you honestly how I see it. If it doesn’t fit, I’ll tell you that too.
I’m flying in from Germany or Austria. Do I need anything?
Yes. In Switzerland the registration marking requirement also applies to foreign guest pilots; the German marking isn’t valid here. The SHV (Swiss Hang Gliding Association) number is free for foreign pilots: fill in the membership application at the SHV and choose “Registration (gratis)”. The number is tied to you as a person and applies to all your wings. You then order the sticker numbers from a Swiss supplier. Take care of it in good time, not the evening before.
Is this safety training?
No. In an SIV course you learn to get out of a situation again. Here you learn to see it beforehand. The two belong together and I don’t advise anyone against SIV. It’s just that one doesn’t replace the other.
Do I fly behind you?
Both happen: I fly ahead when you want to see where the line goes and I fly with you and ask when you are supposed to decide yourself. You tell me what’s needed right now and we switch in the middle of a flight too. In the end you should be able to decide without me. Otherwise it hasn’t achieved anything.
Does a briefing replace my own flight preparation?
No. A briefing is a shared assessment, not a go-ahead. I tell you what I see and how I would read it. Whether you take off is your own decision, made at launch.
What if the weather doesn’t play along?
For the XC Days I only confirm 48 hours beforehand. That is the whole point. If a confirmed day is still called off, it gets moved. If none of the replacement dates suits you, what you have paid stays as credit: with it you have a place in another camp, or I count it towards another offer. For a camp I decide by the forecast: if it gives roughly two and a half flying days, the camp goes ahead. If it looks clearly worse, I postpone it and get in touch as soon as that becomes clear. How many of the four days end up flyable is then down to the weather. The details are in the terms and conditions.
How do we communicate in the air?
Via the Zello app, so on your phone. The push-to-talk button is my gift to you; it stays yours, also for flights without me. I lend you the headset for the day. Where there is no network, we fall back on PMR radio. You get the radio for that from me for the day.
Something else on your mind? Write to me, even if the answer in the end is that what I offer isn’t the right thing for you right now.