This week we got to explore a new launch site close to home, Grouse Mountain. And our first flights on Monday were so nice; we had to go back the next two days. Pretty amazing place to come and fly after work. After doing many Grouse Grinds (as the steep 800 meter elevation hike to the top of Grouse is called) it was nice to see the place from a different angle. Thanks to the healthy snow pack this year the launch is still covered making the take-off very easy. No bumps, rocks or brush to worry about.
Could there be anything better to do on a long July evening than to float over the trees, past the restaurant and gondola station, and gaze at the city stretching south far below? Along the horizon the line-up of Vancouver Island, Gulf Islands, Olympic Peninsula and Mt Baker. On the third evening we even got to see Mt Rainier in the very distance. Although I have been on the peaks of the Northshore Mountains many times, I have never before seen this mountain from Vancouver – a stunning 300 km away.
