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Portland Area Sailplane Society
Chehalem Mountain
Location summary:
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City: Newberg, Oregon
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Skill level: Intermediate
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Wind: South
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Access: The entire week, Monday through Sunday
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Landing area quality: The landing zone is across the street from the flying area, cross a barbed-wire fence, one approach only due to telephone lines and barbed-wire fence
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Hazards: Trees, barbed-wire fences, horses
Directions to the site:
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North of Newberg or South of Hillsboro on Hwy 219.
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Take Mountaintop Road West for about 1.5 miles.
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Site is just West of the antennae farm.
Site review:
Lots of wind in the winter from S or SW. Hang-gliders on occasion. Trees limit the ability to make close passes. Not a great hill, but close to home.
Description provided courtesy of Pat Chewning.
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