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Spot de Les Cornes

Les Cornes snowkite spot

Switzerland · Vaud

46.62 | 6.71

861m

Overview

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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Les Cornes: when to go?

The season runs from December to February, peaking in January: 3 rideable days a month and 34 hours of usable wind, at 4 °C. The low point is March, at 0 days.

Rideable days per month

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Wind strength when it is rideable

16-22 knots · 65% 22-30 knots · 32% 30-40 knots · 3%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 16 and 22 knots — 65% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is January, at 3 °C. The wettest month is September, with 71 mm. Snow depth peaks in December, at 11 cm. Bar height is the month's rideable days; the split shows how its wind hours break down by strength.

Monthly averages — Les Cornes — averaged over 3 years of records
Month Rideable days Usable wind Temperature Rain
January 4.3 34 h 3 °C 20 mm
February 1.3 8 h 6 °C 19 mm
March 0.0 0 h 9 °C 32 mm
April 0.7 8 h 10 °C 52 mm
May 0.0 0 h 16 °C 48 mm
June 0.0 0 h 21 °C 70 mm
July 0.0 0 h 23 °C 61 mm
August 0.0 0 h 23 °C 43 mm
September 0.0 0 h 17 °C 71 mm
October 0.0 0 h 15 °C 67 mm
November 0.3 5 h 7 °C 54 mm
December 2.0 15 h 3 °C 37 mm
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Technical details of Les Cornes spot

Spot currently open :-)
Spot opening date

Open all year round

Spot type

Normal (Car access at spot edge)

Altitude: 861m

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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