My partner and I will be traveling to Michigan to stay at a lake house on Long Lake next week and I am planning to check this site out. Do you have any beta on the site such as preferred wind direction and speed? Is the site relatively consistence and reliable, or not? Thanks in advance!
Sorry for the delay in responding. The sites alone Lake Michigan require a western wind direction from ~8 to 14 MPH. To fly Sleeping Bear National Lakeshore requires registering at the Park Office, free and simple, just show them your USHPA card. They will give you a map. There is a club, Green Point Flyers, located near Frankfort. They have a nice launch and club site. There are also two good walk-in sites at Empire and another one in Alberta. Both sites are free and no registering is necessary. Check with Green Point Flyers for specifics. Hope you get in some great flights!
@@edwardlyon8169 thank you for the information! I was under the impression that Empire Bluff falls under the jurisdiction of Sleeping Bear Dunes and therefore requires registration…is that no longer the case?
@@Andyg2g Whoops! You are correct. Empire Bluff does fall within the jurisdiction of Sleeping Bear National Lakeshore. Registration with Sleeping Bear NL allows paragliding at both Sleeping Bear and Empire.
I am going to sleeping Bear Dunes this weekend... is there any advice you can give me before I go check out the sites? I am a fairly new pilot - was hoping to take a couple sledders and ridge/dune soar a bit.
