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Aonach Mor
There are two commonly used take offs. The usual one is reached by walking downhill from the top of the chairlift in a Northerly direction to a small knoll with a steep NW face called Sgur Finisg-aig In high pressure or light conditions, pilots may prefer to walk uphill and then to the right (in a general sw direction) to reach a spur with a good west facing aspect. Aonach Mor looks out over Fort William and the Great Glen. The UK's only mountain gondola takes you to 650m above sea level. Then a ten-minute walk takes you to the main paragliding take-off of Sgurr Finnisg-aig. This is a site for
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Before you goSome very long PG XC flights have been done from here in NW post cold frontal conditions (make sure you take air map info) for when you get close to Edinburgh / Glasgow
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Aonach Mor Gondola car park is located about 5km north east of Fort William and is 2km up a side road off the A82 Fort William is about 3.5 hours drive from Edinburgh and Glasgow or about 1.5 hours from Inverness
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