South Mountain

I think the first time I flew South Mountain was in my Hang Glider back in 1986. To the South towards what is now know as Awatukee, there was nothing. You could land anywhere in the desert but what that afforded you was the ability to really search and look for thermals knowing that there were pleanty of places to land.



South Mountain is still very good but the landing area is quite small and it is difficult to land a high performance glider in the small area without flying all the time. It's perfect for paragliding and flying a single surface glider that you can land anywhere.

The winter is when I love flying the place because often I will land on the South side and hike my way back up to the top to get my car.