Crook Peak: WSW-S; 550' asl, 500' ttb; (ST 388 558 - sheet 182), site code 2.069
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Sites Officer:
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Rich Harding (07966 491138).
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Rating:
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Experienced Pilots Only. No training.
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Permission:
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This is an Open Site. Please abide by Avon Club Rules and if you are not a club member read the section for Non-Members. The site is jointly controlled by ourselves and the Devon & Somerset Condors.
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Parking:
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Park in one of the two lay-bys below Crook Peak, overlooking the Levels.
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Rigging:
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Carry up to the top of the hill via the paths that lead from the lay-by. Hang glider pilots may find the longer but shallower bridle path an easier walk.
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Take Offs:
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Not at the very top for hang gliders but lower down where the gradient is steeper. Paraglider pilots can go higher up if they wish. Be aware that this is a spineback ridge - don't get dragged over the back. The Western corner of the ridge above the Webbington Hotel can be very tricky, as there is often rotor from the cliff and there are few fields uninterrupted by power lines at the bottom. It is possible to fly the north-western face, but there is no official landing field. Don't go down on this side.
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Local Flying:
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Do not fly over any horses or let your shadow go near them. Only fly east to Wavering Down if you are certain that you can get back, as there are no bottom landing fields in that direction (the local farmers are very anti hang gliding/paragliding).
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XC Flying:
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Very difficult as Bristol Class "D" is a matter of metres downwind. Ridge runs can be made to Weston and to Wells. If the run to Wells is possible XC's can be undertaken on the same track as from Draycott. There are better possibilities if you can get up from the north-western face.
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Top Landing:
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Very tricky on hang gliders. Easier on paragliders so long as you use the middle portion of the ridge.
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Bottom Landing:
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THERE IS CURRENTLY NO BOTTOM LANDING |
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Telephones:
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Loxton or Compton Bishop.
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Hospitals:
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Weston or Bristol.
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Directions:
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Turn west off the A38 at Cross, towards Loxton. Crook Peak is the long ridge after two miles, just before the Webbington Hotel (which can be seen from the M5).
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PHOTOS & OTHER INFO
CROOK PEAK MAIN
This page last updated: 1st November, 2011
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