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Beginners Pleasure is a snowkite spot on the Hardangervidda plateau at 1,236 meters altitude. As its name suggests, this spot is particularly suited for snowkite beginners with flat and open terrain. West to northwest winds. Season from December to April.

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Spot forecast for Beginners Pleasure

Sunrise 08:22 · Sunset 18:06

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< 7 kn7–12 kn13–20 kn21–30 kn31–40 kn41+ kn Gusts Your minimum: 7 kn

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Beginners Pleasure: when to go?

Rideable days and hours computed for a minimum wind of 7 knots · log in to set your own (foil, twin-tip…)

Season · peak

346h

in August · 27.5 rideable days

The season runs from June to August, peaking in August: 25 rideable days a month and 346 hours of usable wind, at 11 °C. The low point is May, at 16.5 days.

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Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 53%13-20 knots · 35%21-30 knots · 11%31+ knots · 1%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 53% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is January, at -7 °C. The wettest month is December, with 188 mm.

Monthly averages: Beginners Pleasure

Monthly averages — Beginners Pleasure — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com — How it is calculated
Month	Rideable days	Usable wind	Temperature	Rain
January	17.5	137 h	-7 °C	131 mm
February	18.5	158 h	-5 °C	144 mm
March	17.0	199 h	-2 °C	127 mm
April	18.5	209 h	1 °C	74 mm
May	16.5	178 h	6 °C	65 mm
June	27.0	385 h	9 °C	95 mm
July	20.5	256 h	14 °C	113 mm
August	27.5	346 h	11 °C	141 mm
September	17.0	153 h	9 °C	102 mm
October	21.0	190 h	3 °C	144 mm
November	18.0	158 h	-2 °C	116 mm
December	22.0	158 h	-3 °C	188 mm

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Technical details of Beginners Pleasure spot

The spot works with winds from SW, WSW, W, WNW, NW.

Depending on conditions: N, S, SSW, NNW.

RideableDepending on conditions Not rideable

Spot opening date · Required level

Spot opening date: Open all year round
Required level: Beginner

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