Site Guide | Cringle Moor |
Cringle Moor |
CRINGLE MOORSite Code: 11.018 Direction : N to NE Location: NZ 535034 to NZ 541032 Walk to takeoff from the Lord Stones cafe along the Cleveland Way (see map.) Access: (1) Usually flown after taking off from Busby Moor (the Model Ridge). Height: 1427 ft (420 m) AMSL. Length: Approx 1/2 mile, but frequently 3 miles from Carlton Bank to Clay Bank. Description: Inland bowl with steep grass and bracken covered slope, almost sheer for the top 40-50 ft. Suitability: Subject to conditions, all levels of flier beyond basic training. SITE RULES: Telephone: Top: Lord Stones cafe when open, Carlton village. Take-off: Because of the steep edge, ground crew assistance may be needed. Paragliders may find it easier to take off from a small bowl on the slightly less steep face just to the west of the trig point. Beware of severe rotor if rigging or taking off just to the east of the seat. Landings: Top: Difficult due to vicious and unpredictable ROTOR. Land in the middle of the ridge where the top is flattest and widest, or the east end of the ridge on the low field behind the gully. Comments: To climb to the top of this site requires great pilot enthusiasm, though the walk is not too far for paraglider pilots. In soar-able conditions it is usually easy to fly onto the ridge having gained enough height after taking off from the Model Ridge. Care should be taken when flying this site in the evening with light winds. The bowl is in the shadow from early afternoon and therefore becomes cooler than the ridge top. Although there may still be a light northerly breeze, air is spilling off the edge down to the cooler land below, giving the effect of a southerly wind. This makes for very fast take-offs and landings. The edge of the moor is very sharp and produces lots of rotor. Do not fly here if there is a possibility of being blown back into rotor. |