Paragliding in Malcesine, Garda Lake,
Veneto Italy
Tratto Spino take off area:
1730m / 5675ft a.s.l
Monte Balbo take off area:
1700m / 5577ft a.s.l; west- east direction
Experience a flight through the clouds, admiring Lake Garda from up in the sky: a unique sensation and not only for experts! Free-flying enjoys a great deal of success, in recent years, mainly in the Upper Garda - Monte Baldo vicinity. The possibility to take off from the West and the East part of Monte Baldo allows for an extremely safe flight.
A lot of schools organize SIV (inconvenience flights simulation) courses while international pilots execute tests and DHV homologation for new kites. Thanks to the increasing number of specialized schools and centers, visitors can be easily trained on the spot and let themselves to be seduced by Lake Garda while admiring the location from a really extraordinary and original point of view.
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Garda Lake is a vacation resort that offers the superb combination of excellent services and ideal weather conditions with a unique lifestyle. The lovers of all kind of sports can find here the perfect playground for their sport activity.
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The stand up paddling (SUP) has been practiced in Lake Garda, Veneto region already a couple of years ago. However, it has only recently become a very popular sport with lots of fans.
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Monte Baldo mountain chain and its surrounding area, in Lake Garda, is the perfect open playground for winter mountain sports fans. From December until March, Monte Baldo offers to ski fans an amazing skiing season. The eastern slopes of the Mountain are more friendly for ski activities due to the surface conditions - it is less rocky. The most famous slope in the zone is the Prà Alpesina, a black marked run and fixed training point for many national championships as well as regional and national ski events.
Monte Baldo, in Lake Garda area, is a long-established ski area and winter sport resort. Snowboarding lovers can meet here the ideal snowboarding conditions and an excellent provision of services from the local authorities and the snowboarding schools. You can reach from Malcesine the top of the Monte Baldo Mountain with the super modern cable system in only 10-15 minutes.