Spot report
🇨🇦Cochrane, Alberta
updated 03:45 local · open-meteo
🪂 Paraglide· ridge soaring hill · base: Cochrane / Calgary
Calgary's training and ridge-soaring hill with the Alberta Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association and local schools.
Heads up · Wind-dependent ridge site; strong westerlies and gusty prairie conditions
Wind
11 km/h
gusts 11 · from SE
Water
flat
inland — lakes and rivers
Road
dry
dry — 6 °C
Daylight
08:00 → 18:46
6 °C air · 0.0 mm · UV 0
What's rideable right now
Wind
Water
Mountain
River
🪂
Paraglide
RIDEABLE11 km/h — launchable, ridge lift likely
Best windows this week
- Tue 8am–6pmRIDEABLE
12 km/h — launchable, ridge lift likely · 11 h
- Thu 9am–6pmRIDEABLE
15 km/h — launchable, ridge lift likely · 10 h
- Sat 8am–3pmRIDEABLE
10 km/h — launchable, ridge lift likely · 8 h
This week
Today
41 km/h
4–16 °C
⛵Sailing
Thu
25 km/h
-3–12 °C
⛵Sailing
Fri
31 km/h
3–18 °C
⛵Sailing
Sat
42 km/h
4–19 °C
🪁Kitesurf
Sun
17 km/h
0–12 °C
🧗Climb
Mon
10 km/h
2–9 °C
🏄SUP
Tue
15 km/h
-1–12 °C
🛶Kayak & canoe
bars: daily max wind · best sport each day
Pack list
- No water temp inland → judge by air — 6 °C. Lakes run colder than they look.
- UV 0 — low → no sun worries today
- 6 °C → softshell over a mid-layer
- Daylight 08:00–18:46 → golden hour from 17:46
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