2024 Season Welcome
Welcome to the landing spot of all things free flight for Central Utah! We are excited for a year full of all the kind of flights our area has to offer: scenic 25 minute sledders, 200 km+ cross country sends, inspiring hike and fly adventures, and our world famous, high altitude glass offs.
Please take a moment to review both the General Guidelines and individual site guidelines for flying Central Utah. Pilots should come with an eagerness to experience the full potential of our skies and respect our high altitude, desert flying. Conditions can be extremely strong during peak heating hours, and weather can change quickly, especially during peak Monsoon time of mid June to mid August. That said, flights of 50km can still be achieved in a post work glass off, and our sites can be thermic past 8pm in the summer months. There’s something here for everyone.
If you are visiting the area, go ahead and join our local Telegram group which is where we post weather updates, times on shuttles to launch, etc. We locals try to get up the mountain as much as we can and are happy to organize shuttles in the early morning, evenings, and on the weekends. That said, the club truck is a courtesy run by us when we can, not a full time service, so if you’re arriving mid week and want to fly during typical business hours, expect to run your own shuttle.
All of us at CUASA want to see you have a great flight, so always feel free to ask questions in the LZ and on launch! Here’s to a wonderful 2024 full of high altitude flying and fun! See you out there.
2024 Events
Aug 30th – Sep 6th – Red Rocks Wide Open (Race to Goal)
Sep 7th – Sep 14th – Paragliding World Cup (Race to Goal)
Sep 23rd – Sep 28th – Red Rocks Fall Fly In (Friendly, non competitive fly in)
Sep 25th – Sep 28th – XRedRocks (Hike and Fly race)
Oct 7th – Oct 12th – Skills Fly In (Friendly, non competitive, beginner friendly fly in)
2023 Global Rescue X RedRocks Wrap Up
Visit Global Rescue XRedRocks Blog for day by day recaps and media of the action!
Taken from the final blog post:
“What an amazing race. This year truly had it all. Amazing and tough flying, psychedelic scenery, and big miles on the ground through Utah’s wonders. Aaron Durogati battled a nasty virus throughout but hung on with another incredible win, defending his title and North American athlete Eric Klammer snuck into second place ousting the great Pal Takats on the final day with really awesome flying day one and two and then a convincing first place run on the final day. Eric was in our Adventure division year one and had less than 300 hours in the air. And look at him now! The vision for this race was to train our pilots on this side of the pond to go head to head with the best in the world and Eric and many others are proving its working! Ben Abruzzo, Chris Moody, Nick Stahler, Ben Walker, and Kevin Carter rounded out the top ten along with Lars Meerstetter and Markus Anders, both hike and fly veterans in Europe. And in the Adventure Division we’ve got a whole slew of athletes there who I’m sure will be having a go with the Pros next year. What a group of beasts! For a full look at the final results go here.”