Val della Torre

There are 4 takeoff sites very close to each other:
Lower takeoff: 880 m
Normal takeoff QNH: 980 m (550 m AGL)
Takeshi takeoff approx 1040m
High Takeoff: 1160M

The high takeoff (top of Roselli mountain) is suitable for hike&flys. Rarely used for XC also because the grass gets pretty long in summer months, and there are some hidden rocks.

Takeshi takeoff is good in strong thermal days where the thermal wind at the main takeoff may become very strong (too strong for the beginners). Up there it is usually lighter.

The normal takeoff is the only one which can be used if the wind arrives from West.

Low takeoff, although not used very often, is aquiped with a moquette surface. The running distance however is not very long, and in summer the wind is always from the side. But in winter months, or early hours usually there is no problem. It can be used sometimes in winter in case normal takeoff is already in the cloudcover.

It is one of the closest flying sites to Turin, and one of the few sites which can be flown all year long - from local thermal and soaring flights in winter to over 100km XC in summer months.

Val della Torre is historically among the first free flight sites in the Turin zone, and surely one of the best in the XC flight potential. These characteristics are almost constant for the whole year (with obvious exception during the snow period, when the conditions are weaker and takeoff may be unreachable), and this make it often crowded despite the fact that the takeoff requires hike of about 30 minutes to be reached. This is the site where Pierandrea Patrucco took off to fly over 100Km in Piedmont for the first time (May 1995: Rosselli - Varallo Sesia - 106Km)

Much more info and pictures on on the club web site http://www.velumvolitans.org

Takeoff altitude: 984m