FlyBC's Paragliding Site of the Day March 2018 Archive - from the Universe's Largest Paragliding Centre :-)

Date	Site	Forecast	Winds @ 3000' in knots	Lapse Rate °C/1000' Cloud Base in Meters	Comments
3-31-18	Woodside is looking like outflow til 3 pm	Woodside Forecast Harrison Mills Forecast: Partly Cloudy. High near 55F. Winds NNE at 5 to 10 mph.	040° @10	-3.0°C (unstable) 1100 metres	First Day Report - we were flying by towing at Woodside today when the outflow stopped gusting to 35 kph. We had a great morning ground school lesson indoors for Andrew, Patrick and Ryan and we got harnesses adjusted in the simulators and waited for the winds to drop to manageable levels. Scotty was out in the LZ kiting his 12 meter Ozone Fazer 2 and that was still a handful as the wind was strong & gusty. Once the winds abated, we headed out for some kiting starting on XS wings first and then graduating to regular sized gear and everyone did well. It was Day One for Andrew and Patrick, and Day Two for Ryan and they were all kiting like pros within a few hours. Then I pulled out the Tow Rig and we were towing to the NW in the field in very nice winds. Patrick & Ryan did 6 tows each, while Andrew was more cautious and only got 3 tows but they were all good tows. Jacek tried a tow just before I put away the rig and the winds were a bit cross and he got off track a bit but he saved it in the end so I could keep the tension up. Another successful day proved the value of towing for new students. A few pilots were up on the launch at Woodside but it was not flyable due to outflow winds til after 6 pm and we only saw one pilot fly off, meanwhile we had 15 student flights. It is also saving a lot of gas by not having to drive up the mountain! Sea to Sky Report - this week two very experienced bush pilots, James & John recreated John's flight to Squamish. They launched off Cypress ski area and flew north past Brunswick Beach, on to Brittania Mines and then on to Squamish. They are both flying Ozone gliders, James on a Swift 4 and John on an Alpina 2. Nice flying guys! This is James' tracklog.
3-30-18	Woodside is looking good after 11 am	Woodside Forecast Harrison Mills Forecast: Cloudy. High 46F. Winds SW at 15 to 20 mph.	240° @8	-3.0°C (unstable) 600 metres	Woodside Report - Colleen and I took the new Skymaster 337 for a rip around Harrison Mills and found the air to be quite windy and textured even for a 2 ton airplane. I figured we had 20 knot headwinds from the SW. Around 1 pm we saw some HGers in the air at Woodside and they looked parked coming out. Later we were kiting in the LZ and hoping to get Scotty up on a paramotor but it started to rain. This seems like a slow start to the season?
3-29-18	Woodside is looking good after 11 am	Woodside Forecast Harrison Mills Forecast: Cloudy. High 46F. Winds SW at 5 to 10 mph.	240° @8	-3.0°C (unstable) 600 metres	Rain Report - more rain and no one flew.
3-28-18	Woodside is looking good after 11 am	Woodside Forecast Harrison Mills Forecast: Cloudy. High 46F. Winds SW at 5 to 10 mph.	240° @8	-3.0°C (unstable) 600 metres	Rain Report - we hoped to be flying Woodside today but the sprinkles did not stop.
3-27-18	Woodside is looking wet for today	Woodside Forecast Harrison Mills Forecast: Rain. Amount 10 mm. Becoming windy early this afternoon. High 7.	240° @20	-3.0°C (unstable) 600 metres	Woodside Report - it rained hard all day and I finally got a break to do some RV maintenance around 3 pm. If anyone is looking for a light travel trailer, we are selling our Trail Cruiser 21 this spring. Trail Cruiser Trail-Lite for sale $10,000 CDN. We now have a camper that goes 200 mph and it has wings!
3-26-18	Woodside is looking wet for two days	Woodside Forecast Harrison Mills Forecast: Rain. Amount 10 mm. Becoming windy early this afternoon. High 7.	240° @20	-3.0°C (unstable) 600 metres	Monsoon Report - heavy rains all day all over BC, snow warnings on Hwy 5 & Hwy 97C . . . we came home way too early!
3-25-18	Woodside is looking good for soaring and thermalling to 2000 metres but it is going to get windy later	Woodside Forecast Harrison Mills Forecast: Partly Cloudy. High near 45F. Winds SW at 5 to 10 mph	240° @12	-3.0°C (unstable) 1800 metres	Woodside Report - we had new student Ryan show up and after a short ground school session we went kiting after the rain stopped. We also had some hail here earlier! Ryan took to kiting the EONA L quite quickly and we had perfect East wind from 15-20 kph with no directional switching. He was kiting using the As-Cs method perfectly within 30 minutes. I had to go in to get some gear for another pilot and I left Ryan to his own and when I returned he was running the length of the LZ and kiting the wing back to restart. I got the tow rig setup for this direction of wind and just as we clipped him in the rain started, and heavy. And the wind switched to South and gusty. While all this was going on Pedro & Brian were flying their Hanggliders off Woodside and they got 20 minutes of soaring before the rains hit. Others were down at Blanchard WA and having great flights of 2-3 hours, a great place to fly in spring when cloudbase is low elsewhere. Some others were flying the not-so-secret Dewdney Bench and got some nice airtime too, but I did not hear if it rained there. After a few hours the sun came out at Woodside but it was too strong for towing and the group that went up in Bev's truck drove back down as it was blowing pretty strong on top. It was a great day for Ryan as he is super confident with his ground handling and next step will be towing this week to prepare him for high flights, as his goal is to hike & fly the local montains when he gets certified. Note the new snowline at Mt. Cheam, which came yesterday and today after the front rolled through. More hiking at Bridal I suspect but Woodside is driveable almost to the launch.
3-24-18	Woodside is expected to be wet for a week	Woodside Forecast Harrison Mills Forecast: Mostly rainy. High 7C. Winds light and variable.	240° @3	-3.0°C (unstable) 1400 metres	Ferry Flight Report Day Four - I planned to fly direct from High River to Chilliwack Airport this morning and had completed my weather analysis early in the day. We had breakfast at mom's house and she drove me to the airport but a big cell came over the Rockies from Cranbrook and cloudbase dropped to less than 1000 feet. I called Flight Service and the specialist said that it was going to get worse instead of better and to "get out of High River fast before it becomes IFR". I did my prefight and run up and was off at 9:30 am and could only climb to 4500 feet and had to divert 50 miles north to Airdrie to maintain VFR and the Controllers would not let me fly over the Calgary Aiport at that altitude. Once over Airdrie I could see the Rockies and they were in sunshine with a few clouds above 15,000 feet. I flew straight at the Rockies and from the 4500 feet to 12500 feet I was getting 150 knots and a great climb rate as the turbos kick in at higher altitudes. I crossed the Banff area to the north and was levelling out at 12500 feet for the duration of the flight. This Skymaster has oxygen tanks but they were not filled and there are no masks onboard so it was just like flying a paraglider. Somewhere near Golden my iPad lost GPS reception and there is not VOR or ADF reception for a bit but I had a good course line and came out over Golden where I planned and it was clear there as forecasted. Clear sailing all the way to Salmon Arm which looked cold but in the clear still. From Salmon Arm to Kamloops doesn't take long when you are going 170 knots and I was soon overhead Kamloops, before heading along the Coquihalla towards Merritt. Merritt was also in the clear but soon after that I was having to descend to maintain VFR. I did some cloud hopping and flew through some little puffs but I was soon having to descend from 12500 feet to 6500 feet and had to start flying down the Fraser Canyon as I was not sure how the Coquihalla Summit would be for visibility as it often fogs in there when driving, I was soon down to 4500 feet near Boston Bar but still going 160 knots and I quickly over Hope Airport after soaring Dog Mountain close in to check out the snowline. As I crossed near Green Hill it started to rain and then it started to snow! WTF! It was hard to see the Chilliwack Airport in the distance but I followed Hwy 1 and was soon on final slowing down to 120 knots to drop the gear and flaps. The landing was soft and smooth and I taxied in to the gas pumps but decided I was too cold to fuel up now and Colleen came out and we taxied to an empty tiedown spot for the evening. Total elapsed flight time from High River was 2:30 despite the diversion north. Maybe could be done in 2:00 with a straight line flight plan. When I looked to the east after tie down, it looked like the ceiling had dropped lower and we could see snow down to 300 metres on Elk. The entire ferry flight from Live Oak FL to Chilliwack (3500 miles) took four days and could have been done faster if I flew longer hours and into the night but I was getting acquainted with the aircraft and had a few minor snags to deal with along the way so I took it easy. I think one could do this trip in two days comfortably, starting earlier and planning longer legs with less fuel stops.
3-23-18	Woodside is expected to be wet for a week	Woodside Forecast Harrison Mills Forecast: Mostly rainy. High 7C. Winds light and variable.	240° @3	-3.0°C (unstable) 1400 metres	Ferry Flight Report - it was very windy last night with gusts to 35 knots and I expected to see my plane moved a bit when I arrived to the airport but it was secure. The line guy filled the plane with some of the last cheap 100LL as I would be in Canada today. I took off at 8:30 am and headed straight over Billings MT and headed straight to Lethbridge AB to clear customs. The vastness of the Western US is apparent as you fly over it. Flight time was 3.5 hours and I arrived exactly when my Foreflight App had calculated my ETA from the upper level winds. Lethbridge as usual was gusty from the West at 25 knots so my approach was a long final and a short landing distance. Customs here is a phone call to someone in Ontario and they clear you over the phone as they have all your info two hours ahead of your arrival. I had the FBO fill up the plane while I warmed up in the office. The Skymaster has a gas heater but it barely keeps up with -10C at altitude and was dressed for Florida/Texas temps. Oddly I could not find any warm weather gear at my stops in Texas. The flight service specialist I called for a weather briefing from Lethbridge to Chilliwack advised that VFR was not possible today as a Pacific Low was pummelling the west coast and dropping heavy snows in southern BC. So I flight planned to High River (30 minutes) with a plan to visit the family in Calgary while waiting for the weather to clear a bit. We used to keep a Cessna 182 here and flew out of here for many years so it was good to be back!
3-22-18	Woodside is expected to be wet for a week	Woodside Forecast Harrison Mills Forecast: Mostly rainy. High 7C. Winds light and variable.	240° @3	-3.0°C (unstable) 1400 metres	Ferry Flight Report - a great Cross Country day with clear skies and minimal head winds, although it was quite thermic from 11 am til late. I departed DeQuincey LA at 9 am and stopped for fuel in Plainview Texas where the airport winds were quite gusty but the Skymaster is a good crosswind performer. After resting for an hour and re-doing my flight plan which originally was taking me to Salt Lake City which now had rain/snow showers and low visibility, so I replotted a course to Billings MT. When I got to Gillette WY about an hour from Billings, I decided to stop for the night as it was quite windy and wanted to land in daylight. Gillette has a nice runway and it was right into wind with winds 180 degrees at 18 gusting to 28 knots! Again the Skymaster is a solid heavy bird and takes gusty winds well. I taxied into the FBO and tied down for the night. The FBO offered me a free shuttle truck for my use for the evening. They apologized for it being an old truck? My tracklog for today is pretty straight and I flew through 6 states today with lots of help from different ATC Controller doing flight following for traffic advisories theough the Military Operation Areas (MOA).
3-21-18	Woodside is expected to be wet but Florida is sunny and windy	Woodside Forecast Harrison Mills Forecast: Mostly rainy. High 7C. Winds light and variable.	240° @3	-3.0°C (unstable) 1400 metres	Ferry Flight Report - I checked the Live Oak FL weather and there was a high wind advisory, great. I fueled up the new Cessna 337 and took off towards the west and after I selected "gear up" the gear cycled but I did not get the yellow light and the handle did not return to neutral? This happened once on the test flight last week but we thought it was due to not being used much since Christmas. I kept going towards Louisiana and landed a Crestview Airport for fuel and had to hand-pump the gear down, and after taxiing in I noticed the doors were still not closed. The local mechanics were not that famiiar with this model so I had to point out the hydraulic fill point and how to check it and after a few hours I was back in the air with good landing gear. I had to wait for a few military planes doing circuits here at Crestview, a big military service hub for the airforce. I continued west and landed at 5:30 pm in DeQuincey LA to fuel up and decided to stay for the night. Nice airport with some ancient buildings, some destroyed by a tornado last Christmas. Cheap gas compared to Canada!
3-20-18	Woodside is expected to be wet	Woodside Forecast Harrison Mills Forecast: Mostly Cloudy. Rain starting inthe morning High 7C. Winds light and variable.	240° @3	-3.0°C (unstable) 1400 metres	Road Trip Report - a long trip to Florida with multiple layovers of 3 hours each.
3-19-18	Woodside is expected to be sunny with light SW winds	Woodside Forecast Harrison Mills Forecast: Mostly Cloudy. High 7C. Winds light and variable.	240° @3	-3.0°C (unstable) 1400 metres	Woodside Report - Woodside was working for Rod and a few others, while I was doing errands and taking a red-eye to Florida.
3-18-18	Woodside is expected to be cloudy with light winds	Woodside Forecast Harrison Mills Forecast: Mostly Cloudy. High 11C. Winds light and variable.	040° @3	-3.0°C (unstable) 1700 metres	Paramotor Report - we are hoping for some good winds for paramotoring lessons today and we got them. Jackson got his first two motoring flights today, one on the Blackhawk and another on the Kangook/Sky 100 unit before the winds got too strong. Martin from Squamish also got his first launch on our 100 cc trainer, but the carb was gumming up so I had to do a rebuild to get it at peak horsepower. Yes, we are fully certified now by Transport Canada! Yeay, but they fouled up my permit again so back to the Abby Office when I get back from FL.
3-17-18	Woodside is expected to be sunny with strong SW winds	Woodside Forecast Harrison Mills Forecast: Mostly Sunny. High 11C. Winds light and variable.	240° @13	-3.0°C (unstable) 1700 metres	Woodside Report - good lift and good winds for the hike & fliers at Woodside. Bev & Dennie flew to Harvest Market, others flew to Dewdney and back. It got windy and thermic at the Ranch around 5 pm and we had some exciting approaches into the LZ! Pic by Rod F. Some folks were trying a new launch at Dewdney, where there was a new clearcut created last summer. It is not a high launch but the road access is good and apparently it worked for Gary P.
3-16-18	Woodside is expected to be sunny with light NE winds	Woodside Forecast Harrison Mills Forecast: Mostly Sunny. High 11C. Winds light and variable.	040° @3	-3.0°C (unstable) 1700 metres	Woodside Report - some epic flights for the hike & fliers at Woodside. Dennie & Brad flew over to Gloria and back to Brad's house! 1600 metres was top of lift!
3-15-18	Woodside is expected to be sunny with light NE winds	Woodside Forecast Harrison Mills Forecast: Mostly Sunny. High 11C. Winds light and variable.	040° @3	-3.0°C (unstable) 1700 metres	Road Trip Report - I made a trip down to Live Oak Florida to look at an airplane and bought it, but there was too much thunderstorm activity around so I flew home to teach some paramotorists this weekend.
3-14-18	Woodside is expected to be rainy with NE winds	Woodside Forecast Harrison Mills Forecast: Rain. High 14C. Winds NNE at 10 to 15 km/h.	040° @8	-3.0°C (unstable) 400 metres	Woodside Report - rain all day. with clearing at 4 pm. Congrats to Dylan L for passing his P-3 exam in preparation for his NZ adventure.
3-13-18	Woodside is expected to be raining with NE winds	Woodside Forecast Harrison Mills Forecast: Rain. High 14C. Winds NNE at 10 to 15 km/h.	040° @8	-3.0°C (unstable) 1100 metres	Woodside Report - cloudy with low base, then heavy rain after 4 pm.
3-12-18	Woodside is expected to be sunny with NE winds	Woodside Forecast Harrison Mills Forecast: Sunny. High 14C. Winds NNE at 10 to 15 km/h.	040° @8	-3.0°C (unstable) 1100 metres	Woodside Report - too windy with strong outflow. The students were kiting and experienced 180 degree shifts in the winds within minutes and found out why we were not towing or paramotoring!
3-11-18	Woodside is expected to be sunny with NW winds	Woodside Forecast Harrison Mills Forecast: Sunny. High 14C. Winds NNE at 10 to 15 km/h.	040° @8	-3.0°C (unstable) 1100 metres	Towing Report - we were hoping for some good winds for more towing flights and despite the forecasts for NE winds we had perfect SE winds in the Eagle Ranch LZ all day long. At the Harrison Bridge it was definitely outflow with whitecaps. New PPG student Jackson arrived at 10 am for ground school and some kiting and his new SupAir EONA was put to the paces today. Jackson got the wing last November and has been kiting and practice flying at Diefenbaker Park and he looked good from the first kiting session today, with no bad habits and good wing control so we hooked him up to the Winch. We had 10 perfect tows and he was doing reverse launches with good control, and had very nice landings. Yes, 10 flights in a day and we quit at 4 pm. This is increased productivity and increased skills for new students. We did get some video footage today testing the new Independence Paragliding Chase Cam on Jaskson's wing and it turned out quite well first try.
3-10-18	Woodside is expected to be sunny with outflow winds	Woodside Forecast Harrison Mills Forecast: Mainly Sunny. High 11.	040° @5	-3.0°C (unstable) 1100 metres	Motoring Report - we did more tow testing and Martin H got his first 3 tows on the new rig and said it was very smooth, he was flying his new Ozone Geo5. It was then Chris L's turn to do some warm up tows before clipping into the Blackhawk 125 Paramotor. Chris did 3 tows as well and has a great mastery of the AirDesign EAZY glider after just a few days. Chris did 2 paramotor flights and we had to stop when it got too windy from the NW, it was smooth in the air but just no penetration for doing circuits. We are very pleased with the winch after 20 test tows and it is going to help new students progress quite quickly for free flight and especially paramotoring. Horsefly Report - I skied up to Horsefly today. The logging road is plowed up to about 3km right down to gravel, but is waist deep snow until 800m, then ice-rink breakable crust above 850m. I decided to B-line for launch and skinned straight up through the trees - a little faster that way. Launch is currently a luge track with all the melt freeze cycles, and only safely launchable on skis right; foot launch on that steep slope would be committing until it warms up and the snow could be packed down. I sawed away some slash and branches to clear a little ski launch. Light outflow in the valley gave perfect launch conditions. It was a mellow flight over Elbow Lake back down to the golf course. A beautiful evening. Thanks for suggesting that site - Brian B
3-9-18	Woodside is expected to be cloudy with SW winds	Woodside Forecast Harrison Mills Forecast: Mainly cloudy. High 9.	240° @15	-3.0°C (unstable) 1100 metres	Road Trip Report - I drove to Vernon to pick up some paramotor gear and had to take Hwy 1 as the Coquihalla was closed again due to truckers not chaining up and spinning out. We now have 5 paramotors in the Barn!
3-8-18	Woodside is cloudy and rain is expected	Woodside Forecast Harrison Mills Forecast: Periods of rain ending near midnight then cloudy with 60 percent chance of showers. Becoming windy late this evening. Low plus 4.	240° @15	-3.0°C (unstable) 400 metres	Woodside Report - low cloudbase and rain came later in the afternoon. More snow higher up! Bring a shovel.
3-7-18	Woodside is sunny and we have light NW winds!	Woodside Forecast Harrison Mills Forecast: Mostly Cloudy. High around 10C. Winds NNE at 10 to 15 km/h.	040° @8	-3.0°C (unstable) 1100 metres	Paramotoring Report - we were hoping for some good winds for more tow flights and maybe drag out a paramotor to test. But the winds were fickle! We started out with South winds, which then became East winds and then strong NW winds . . . all in the matter of a few minutes so we just kited rather than setting up the winch. Chris is doing extremely well with the reverse kiting and he is completely self-sufficient on his second day of kiting! When the winds stabilized I took the Blackhawk 125Lite motor out for a spin using Chris' AirDesign EAZY M, what a nice wing for motoring. So easy to bring up! And stable in the air. I did one quick circuit over the Ranch and the air was extemely mixed up! I took off to the east and did a right turn over the training hill hitting NW winds at tree top height and it was turbulent to the west. Quite thermic so it was good that we were not towing! Back to kiting for a few hours. When we started getting solid NW winds I pulled out the motor again this time test flying a Blackhawk Edge 30 wing. Of course once I clipped in the winds went light for some time and I had to try many times to get a solid wing, but I got off and did a few circuits bteaking in the new motor. And the switched 180 degrees in the field requiring me to land to the east? A very mixed up day! But we flew!
3-6-18	Woodside is sunny and we have light winds!	Woodside Forecast Harrison Mills Forecast: AM Clouds/PM Sun. High 7C. Winds light and variable.	040° @4	-3.0°C (unstable) 1100 metres	Woodside Tow Report - as forecasted there was strong outflow winds from the NW but pilots still assembled and flew Woodside after 2 pm. Chris was out for his first high flights on the tow rig after only having a training hill session last October before the rains hit us. We started out kiting into the NW winds and then it switched around 1 pm to straight South winds. This of course after I set up the tow system to tow into the NW wind. Once Chris looked good with his forward launches, I sent him to the east side of Eagle Ranch to kite while I moved the winch. Our first tow went well but Chris misunderstood my command to keep left of the tow line and he released prematurely, but it was a good low run. After that the tows got better and better to the point that we were getting him over 100 metres off the ground. We had the weaklink break once and a few of the turnaround pulleys failed and were replaced but we got 10 tows done by 5 pm. The Phoenix Winch LLC winch project is a success with little tweaking. I added a total of 1200 feet of line on the spool and added the paramotor throttle so I am away from the engine noise. Woodside Report - Derek and a group of 10 pilots headed up Woodside after 1 pm. Al made it to 4 kms and got stuck and had to winch out, Derek turned around at 2.5 km and hiked from there with a group. Conditions were lee and some pilots had dicey launches but no one was hurt. Once in the air it was idiot-lift everywhere away from the mountain. Martin N is back from his Oz/NZ expedition and had a great flight landing at Prest Road & Highway 1 where Ev picked him up. Derek and others bagged 2+ hours and some topped out at 1800 metres. Denis snapped this shot at cloudbase. Folks came into the Ranch while we were towing but there was no conflict and most were pretty cold and glad to be on warm terrafirma. Kevin's Ozone Alpina 3 Report - Kevin was in Raglan NZ, where Robbie Whittal lives and develops Ozone Kites & Speedwings. He snagged a new Ozone Alpina 3 for a test flight in strong conditions. I had the opportunity to fly the new Ozone Alpina3 (ML) in Raglan, NZ, thanks to Matt Taggart of Ozone on March 6th. We flew their nice local coastal site and upon arrival noticed the wind picking up so we got prepped quickly. By the time I launched, the wind speed was hitting 20-25 km/hr, so I picked a ?lull? and pulled the glider up. The wind was strong but the glider responded well to my movements and I was airborne in a few smooth seconds. The air was surprisingly bumpy for a coastal site and this was because it was extremely unstable with cu?s popping in front. I experienced some nice little 3.3 m\s bullet thermals that got me 100 m over launch at times. I was right at home on the wing immediately and can only really say that it felt like an A2, but due to the strength of the wind, it was difficult to discern any significant difference, except for one dramatic change: I needed to use big ears to lose altitude and unlike the A2, which would start fighting the big ears after about five seconds, the A3 didn?t mind the ears at all and still popped out after a couple of quick pumps. I boated around with Matt who was flying a D2 and top landed after about fifteen minutes. I saw him land and then work hard to bring the glider down and out of the wind. I could sense the wind speed getting stronger, so I began working on the ?process? of landing. In the meantime, Rob Whittal launched what I think was an Ozone Rapido and was playing around in the strong wind considerable lower than the A3 (which is real climber). It took me about fifteen minutes to get the A3 down. I tried flying out to the ocean but the lift was strong under the cu. I tried big ears and speed bar but as soon as I got near the take off, I was hoisted up. Eventually I was doing wing overs, with ears in sink in front of launch before finally getting into position to descend going backwards onto the nice big field. The glider came down but I couldn?t kill it, so I just ran for a while until I over took it and got round to the side and de-inflated it (probably about 20-30 meters of running!) Not the greatest conditions to test a new wing but happily, I felt very secure on the A3 which made it n immediate winner and the handling was absolutely reminiscent of the A2, which was always my favourite glider of all time - until today! Nice work, Team Ozone. - KVA
3-5-18	Woodside is cold and we have expect new snow again today	Woodside Forecast Harrison Mills Forecast: Cloudy with 60 percent chance of showers. High plus 5.	240° @12	-3.0°C (unstable) 1000 metres	Woodside Report - it was inflow Monday but we also had rain & hail. Also new snow at higher elevations. Meanwhile, Kevin was spotted flying a new Ozone Alpina 3 in New Zealand that he snagged from Ozone staffers in Raglan (Robbie Whittal lives there).
3-4-18	Woodside is cold and we have more new snow again today	Woodside Forecast Harrison Mills Forecast: A few flurries or rain showers changing to a few rain showers this afternoon. Windy this morning. High 8 except plus 4 near Hope.	240° @5	-3.0°C (unstable) 1000 metres	Woodside Report - we got more new snow, will this winter ever end. Derek says 3 weeks for the launch to be open cause it is so deep on the road. At least we got the ice storm blow down all cleaned up this weekend even if it was not flyable.
3-3-18	Woodside is cold and we have more new snow again	Woodside Forecast Harrison Mills Forecast: Cloudy. 30 percent chance of flurries this morning then 30 percent chance of rain showers late this morning and this afternoon. Clearing this afternoon. Windy this morning. High 6.	040° @10	-3.0°C (unstable) 1000 metres	Woodside Report - it was blowing outflow strong there was more new snow as Hammer & Derek drove/hiked up to Woodside in the afternoon. I saw the RASP had little chance of turning around but IBIS was reporting it would turn at 3 pm. They got stuck at 3.5 kms and hiked in knee deep snow to find strong East winds at launch. Meanwhile at the Ranch I finally got rid of the last of the deadfall and it was cold and windy the entire day. Brian came down afer the failed attempt at Woodside and kited til dark in the Eagle Ranch LZ, which is drying out nicely.
3-2-18	Woodside is cold and we have Rain/Snow again	Woodside Forecast Harrison Mills Forecast: Flurries or rain showers changing to rain showers this afternoon. Wet flurries over higher terrain. High plus 4.	220° @5	-3.0°C (unstable) 400 metres	Woodside Report - cloudbase was low and lots of new snow again at higher elevations (Mission was reporting to have snow just up Cedar Drive), so I worked on winches and paramotors to get ready for the weekend. Two new motors here: a Kangook with a water cooled SkyEngines 100, and a Blackhawk 125Lite unit (42 lbs!).
3-1-18	Woodside is cold and we have rain forecast for the morning	Woodside Forecast Harrison Mills Forecast: Rain ending this afternoon then cloudy with 30 percent chance of showers. High plus 5.	220° @5	-3.0°C (unstable) 1000 metres	Woodside Report - cloudbase was low (200 metres) and lots of new snow but Derek mustered up Brian, Norm, Bev and me to head up Woodside. Derek was ready with chains and studded tires but we only got to 2.5 kms before we got stuck, so it will be a "hike & fly" this weekend. Brian was motivated and hiked up through knee deep snow from where we stopped and managed to get off launch despite deep snow there too.