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| Wave Day
Today's weather feature was a moderate wind, NW to NE, with
gusts. Otherwise
there were clear skies, with perhaps one octa Cu and more strong,
wave-enhanced thermals. I found a good climb off the Gache and while Authon
was not working on its face, I managed to find a wind-shadow thermal
slightly further south. On Blayeul I climbed in a 10 knotter in the company
of half a dozen Duos, reaching 10,000ft which helped me on to the parcours, Guillaume and to the east of the Ecrins via Furan. |
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Pelvoux
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Barre des Ecrins from 18,000ft
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The lift became
rather tricky and was obviously wave-affected, giving me
lots of unexpectedly strong sink.
Retreating from Pelvoux I decided to pop over the pas de Cavale and hit
an astonishingly strong wave climb in the Valgaudemar, peaking at 11 knots.
I took the wave right up to the legal ceiling of FL195 before pulling out
and heading further north. |
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The wave structure was too complicated for me to work out so
at les Deux Alpes I retreated back towards the south,
reconnecting with the wave once more, this time in the lee of
the pic de Bure. This ever-reliable mountain generated strong wave
that was still going at 6 knots at FL195, so a possible diamond for those with a disregard for local airspace rules.
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L'Alpe d'Huez
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Climbing in wave over the Valgaudemar
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