Overview

Snowkite

Large field with little relief.

Interesting with south wind, less so with north wind (bise) as you start from the southern part and the terrain creates partial wind shadow with north wind.

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Spot forecast for Les Cornes

Sunrise 07:57 · Sunset 18:38

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

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Les Cornes: 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

93h

in January · 10.5 rideable days

The season runs from January to February, peaking in January: 9 rideable days a month and 93 hours of usable wind, at 4 °C. The low point is April, at 0 days.

Rideable days per month

Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 80%13-20 knots · 20%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 80% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is January, at 3 °C. The wettest month is September, with 193 mm. Snow depth peaks in December, at 10 cm.

Monthly averages: Les Cornes

Monthly averages — Les Cornes — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com — How it is calculated
Month	Rideable days	Usable wind	Temperature	Rain
January	10.5	93 h	3 °C	181 mm
February	6.5	40 h	5 °C	75 mm
March	1.0	9 h	9 °C	50 mm
April	0.0	1 h	12 °C	73 mm
May	0.0	0 h	15 °C	149 mm
June	0.0	0 h	21 °C	184 mm
July	0.0	0 h	22 °C	179 mm
August	0.0	0 h	23 °C	150 mm
September	0.0	0 h	16 °C	193 mm
October	0.0	0 h	12 °C	156 mm
November	3.0	27 h	7 °C	168 mm
December	1.0	9 h	3 °C	80 mm

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Technical details of Les Cornes spot

The spot works with winds from SE, SSE, S, SSW.

Depending on conditions: N, NNE, NE, ESE, SW, NNW.

RideableDepending on conditions Not rideable

Spot opening date

Spot opening date: Open all year round
Spot type: Normal (Car access at spot edge)
Altitude: 861 m

Parking

A few parking spots (2/3), partially along the path by the farm.

Caution, the bus stop is not a parking area

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Villars-Tiercelin0.1 kmsource MétéoSuisse

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DW4725 Sommentier CH15.1 km

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