Overview

Large plateau with 360° view, works in all wind directions, except South wind. It's a spot close to Geneva and relatively accessible in winter.
The wind can get very strong, if there are too big gusts, fallback spot at St Blaise (Fr).
Don't leave anything visible in cars as some people help themselves!
Access from Geneva via Annemasse or Le Coin, above Collonge-sur-Salève. Access via La Croisette from Cruseilles or via La Muraz after Reignier.

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Le Salève: when to go?

The season runs from December to January, peaking in January: 2 rideable days a month and 24 hours of usable wind, at 1 °C. The low point is February, at 0 days.

Rideable days per month

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Wind strength when it is rideable

16-22 knots · 53% 22-30 knots · 44% 30-40 knots · 3%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 16 and 22 knots — 53% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is January, at 0 °C. The wettest month is June, with 83 mm. Snow depth peaks in January, at 9 cm. Bar height is the month's rideable days; the split shows how its wind hours break down by strength.

Monthly averages — Le Salève — averaged over 3 years of records
Month	Rideable days	Usable wind	Temperature	Rain
January	3.0	24 h	0 °C	21 mm
February	0.0	0 h	4 °C	20 mm
March	0.0	0 h	7 °C	27 mm
April	0.0	0 h	8 °C	46 mm
May	0.0	0 h	13 °C	57 mm
June	0.0	0 h	19 °C	83 mm
July	0.0	0 h	21 °C	40 mm
August	0.0	0 h	21 °C	20 mm
September	0.0	0 h	15 °C	82 mm
October	0.0	0 h	13 °C	67 mm
November	0.0	0 h	5 °C	62 mm
December	1.7	8 h	2 °C	30 mm

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Technical details of Le Salève spot

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Open all year round

Normal (Car access at spot edge)

Altitude: 1375m

Parking at the foot of the spot. Note that if there's snow and strong wind forming snowdrifts, access is closed by barriers on each side, you just need to walk up, less than 1/2 hour walk.

Works in all directions, except South which is gusty and dangerous.
Best in N, NE (Bise), SW (Vent), W (Rare).

Also be careful in the middle of the spot where there is a pole surrounded by barbed wire and toward the back of the spot where there are also poles and barbed wire.

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