Dave Turner
6/27/2013

121 Mile Paraglider Flight from Nine Mile Launch
from the southern end of the Sierra Range to Swall Meadows
about 17 miles NW of Downtown Bishop

Sundowner Comments 1/23/2014
Nine Mile Launch is about 6-1/2 miles up a paved road named Nine Mile Canyon Road that heads west from Hwy 395.
The intersection of Nine Mile Canyon Road and Hwy 395 is about 2 miles north of the north end of Pearsonville
or about 10 miles north of the junction of Hwy 14 and Hwy 395.  Nine Mile Canyon Road turns into Kennedy Meadow Road (J41)
I (Sundowner) haven't flown the site, but from Dave's track log it appears Dave's launch is below the tree line with about 13 or 1500 vertical to the canyon bottom.  I think you have to hike above the road to get to launch, the higher the better?, but from Dave's track log, it appears he hiked about 350 vertical.
An advantage of this launch is that if you can get up at launch, you can fly over a hundred miles along the Sierra without crossing the valley.
A disadvantage is that launch is low and back in a canyon, so launch likely doesn't work as good as Walts Point or Pine Mountain.

No Flight Article, but Data Posted on Leonardo at:
http://www.paraglidingforum.com/leonardo/flight/77211

or click on image below ↓ to view full size, or view Google Earth [KMZ File]

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