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2016 Korea Open League 3rd event welcomes pilots to PyeongChang. This three days event is organized by Korea Hang & Para Gliding Association. Totally there will be 4 events in 2016.
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Flying site

Pyeongchang Jang-Am mountain is a peak about 836 m ASL, located in north-east area of Korea. There are numerous mountains surrounding Pyeongchang-city, the floor of the valley there is about 300 meters ASL.

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Event info

2016 Korea Open League 3rd event welcomes pilots to PyeongChang. This three days event is organized by Korea Hang & Para Gliding Association. Totally there will be 4 events in 2016.

Flying site

Pyeongchang Jang-Am mountain is a peak about 836 m ASL, located in north-east area of Korea. There are numerous mountains surrounding Pyeongchang-city, the floor of the valley there is about 300 meters ASL. Flying season lasts all year round.
The elevation keeps 1500~2000 m, average temperature between 15 to 25 Β°C.
Pyeongchang Jang-Am mountain is a famous paragliding place in Korea offering good conditions even for beginner-pilots. The usual flights are made along the long ridges and crossing valley and along the ridge of surrounding mountains(800 ~1200 m ASL). Can make route to north, west, south directions.
Thermal strength in up to 6 m/s. Usual best hours to start is about 12:00. Thermals begin at about 11 a.m. and last until 4 p.m. The conditions are good for flying - no strong winds in this region.
The longest competition task flights made from there exceed 100 km. And the pilots managed to climb as high as 3000 meters ASL.
This place has already host a number of paragliding events: Korea Open League 2013, 2014, Korea Hang gliding Championship 2010, 2011.

Take-off - 700 ASL 37.381049,128.421013 (52S 448742E, 4137302N)
The launch ground is located in 3 km from the nearest town and can be reached by taxi or bus. It takes 20 minutes to get there.
The slope descend is about 15 degrees, it is concrete road. The take off ground allows 2 simultaneous launches. Top landing is difficult, but possible.

Landing - 300 ASL (52S 447866E, 4136867N)
Ground is covered with sands. The landing is located in 1 km to the city, near the road.

Selection and entry fee

Entry fee: 150 USD in local currency. Foreign pilots shall contact the organizers to participate.
Write to khpga@khpga.org to discuss participation and get payment details.

Prize fund and scoring categories

Top 3 pilots in Overall .
Top 3 pilots in Women.

General schedule

Thursday, September 22. 2016
17:30 - 20:30- Registration and Waypoint download

Friday, September 23, 2016
Contest flying day

Saturday, September 24, 2016
Contest flying day

Sunday, September 25, 2016
Contest flying day

19:00 - Prize-giving and closing ceremony

Daily schedule

08:00 - Headquarter opens
09:30 - Transport to take-off
11:00 - Meet Director / Task and Safety Committee meetings
11:15 - Pilots' briefing / Previous task official results / Task definition
12:30 - Take-off window opens
17:30 - Scoring office opens
22:00 - Provisional results

Accommodation and Activities

There are more than 10 hotels in PyeongChang.

How to get here

PyeongChang is located in the South of Korea.

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PyeongChang South Korea

Plane

The nearest airport is Incheon international Airport of Seoul. To get to the city use subway.

Bus

To get to Pyeongchan take a bus from Tong Seoul Jonhab terminal, where you can get by subway from the airport.
It takes about 2 and half hours to get there.
See http://www.odsay.com/Express/.

Car

Take highway toll road 55 then roads 88 and 82 to get to Pyeongchan.

Downloads

Waypoint files

Organizers

Korea hang&para gliding association.
Korea hang & para gliding association
Tel: +82 31 321 2078, Fax: +82 31 321 2079, URL: khpga.org, Address: 2F 1422 Baekokdaero Cheoin-gu Yongin-city 449-935 Korea

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Tasks and results

Task 1

23 Sep, 2016

76.6 km β€” Race to goal

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Task 2

24 Sep, 2016

100.2 km β€” Race to goal

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