Adventure Paragliding

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Interested in Becoming a Paragliding Pilot? You have come to the right place! Our USHGA Certified Instructors are dedicated to helping you become a safe and capable pilot. Our private certification program utilizes both tandem flying and classroom training to engrain the skills necessary to pilot your own glider and fly solo. Intensive P2 Certification Course Adventure Paragliding offers the most extensive and comprehensive P2 program available in the US today. Come to Glenwood for a vacation and learn how to fly. We offer luxury accommodation in self catering units during your stay here at Glenwood, with tents and cots provided during your stay at the training hill at no additional cost. Our certification program runs between 8-12 days and utilizes complete immersion, thereby catapulting your skill level in a condensed time frame. What makes us unique from all the others is the use of a training hill, ridge soaring, and high altitude flying. Our two training sites offer the student diverse landing options ranging from restricted to wide open. After our intensive, you will walk away with enough skills and knowledge to effectively deal with any conditions a P2 site might require. Although other school may claim to have similar training conditions, most of them instruct on a training slope (less than 2 minutes per flight) skirted by large meadows, leaving the new P2 without many of the skills required by mountain and restricted sites. Therefore, in the long run, you might pay more money in guide fees and time, learning necessary skills than you originally anticipated. The school you choose for your foundation training is one of the most crucial decisions you will make as a novice pilot and one of the few you have complete control over. We at Adventure Paragliding understand the complexities of making this choice and want you, as a potential student, to be comfortable with your selection. We encourage you to do your research because we are confident that our school offers the most diverse training facility in the US. What to Expect Day 1- introductory to equipment and first day ground handling (intensive) followed by ground school Day 2- Two to four tandem flights with you as pilot in command (most of the flight) Getting you comfortable with the glider and its flight characteristics. In the afternoon we leave for the training and soaring ridge about an hour and a half away where you will do your first flights from the small training slope Day 3- early the next morning we do more ground handling and then fly of the bigger training hill. It is not uncommon to get flights of about 30 minutes if the conditions allow. We can do 5 to 8 flights during the morning followed by more ground handling and ground school Day 4- More flying and ground handling Day 5- more flying and ground handling for a total of around 15 to 25 flights at the training and soaring hill Day 6-Back to our big hill in Glenwood Springs where we will do about 2 to 3 flights in the morning really focusing on glider control some maneuvers and restricted landing field approaches Day 7- More flying of the big hill concentrating on small field landings Day 8- more flying off the big hill with the possibility of flying the afternoon site. Day 9- Wrapping things Up with tests and paperwork Please note: The amount of days will depend on the weather and Pilot ability. It could be more or less. Adventure Paragliding will do everything in it's ability to stay within this time frame, however, there is no guarantee courses will be completed within the scheduled time and Adventure Paragliding cannot be held responsible for conditions outside of our control. Lessons are valid for a one year period, courses can be resumed anytime during that year. The price of our P2 certification course is $1650 and this will include -The use of equipment - a $450 certificate towards new equipment -Transportation to and from our training hills -Transportation to and from Aspen, Eagle or Grand Junction airport -Accommodation in luxury self catering apartments for up to 6 students at a time during our flights at the big hill in Glenwood -Tents and cots provided during our stay at the soaring ridge. With a RV camper as base for ground school and hanging out. -Hotel accommodation can be provided close to training hill for an additional fee -Expert instruction. -For an additional fee all food and drinks can be included. Our P2 course is designed to accommodate out of town visitors who would like to finish their course as quick as possible and still get in all the aspects of instruction and flying without having to go to many sites around the country. Come visit Adventure Paragliding and get certified, while enjoying one of the most scenic and adventure filled destinations in the country. You will be begging for bad weather day's to enjoy all the activities it has to offer Don't have 10 days in a row. We can custom fit your course anyway you like. Transport to and from the Denver international airport can be arranged for groups of 3 or more for no additional charge. Introductory course Our two day introductory course will teach you the basic skills necessary to begin your adventure in paragliding. We start the day with ground handling the paraglider in order to familiarize you with the tendencies and handling characteristics of the wing followed by a tandem flight with you on the controlls.Then we move into the classroom, teaching you about weather, safety, aerodynamics, and the basic principles of flight. On day two it is of to the training hill about an hour away where you will get about 4 to 5 flight in, all ranging from 2 to 20 minutes giving you enough knowledge to pass the P1 certification. Two day Introductory Course cost is $395, and includes the use of equipment and accommodation for the one night. (Minimum of two people required) Intermediate-P3 Certification Course Adventure Paragliding also offers a P3 course which includes several weekends of flying several P3 sites and working on more advanced techniques, such as thermal flying and cross country flying skills. Click here for details! About Glenwood Springs Glenwood Springs is a charming town nestled in the mountains between Aspen and Vail. Known for its famous hot springs pool and haunted hotel Colorado, it also offers world class river rafting and has its own kayaking wave in town on the colorado river. It is located at the confluance between the Roaring fork river and the Colorado river, witch makes it a hot spot for fly fishing and general river floating Glenwood Springs boasts some amazing mountain biking, climbing, kayaking and hiking not to mention skiing in the winter. Coming to the town of Glenwood to learn to Paraglide will be one of the best decisions you will ever make. Stop dreaming of flying and make it a reality! Contact us today , and start living your dream!

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