Monaco – Roquebrune – Mont Gros
Paragliding site · France
- Launch altitude
- 674 m
- Level
- Experienced pilots
- Best season
- Mid-November to April (open without restriction)
- Landing
- —
Works on E · SE · S · SW
Where it is
Few launches on Earth deliver a view like Mont Gros. From a carpeted take-off at 674 m above Roquebrune, you glide out over the rooftops, harbour and swimming pools of Monaco and set up for a landing on the beach — quite possibly with an audience at the seaside café. It is as glamorous as free flight gets, and it is regulated accordingly: a local by-law reserves the site for pilots aged 16+ holding at least IPPI 4 / ParaPro 4 (school students may fly with two official instructors), with mini-wings forbidden and wing loading capped at 5 kg/m². The site is fully open from mid-November to the end of April, with restricted windows in the warmer months.
Launch & conditions
The carpeted launch faces the sea and works on easterly through southwesterly flow. The aerology is classic Riviera sea-breeze: pleasant in moderation, but the beach landing turns turbulent in an easterly — and if there are whitecaps on the sea, it is too windy to launch at all.
Getting there & local rules
Leave the A8 at La Turbie and follow signs for the Monte-Carlo golf club, turning right at the radio antennas — but parking is only ~10 spaces, so most pilots use the official paragliding shuttle (Line G) from near the train station by the landing; it must be activated by phone at least two hours ahead and does not run on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Hiking back up from the beach takes about 1 h 20. Respect the landing rules to the letter — this site exists thanks to a delicate local agreement.
Local rules & hazards
Requires a minimum IPPI4/Parapro4 rating (or supervised school flights); pilots must be 16+ and mini-wings are banned. Height is capped at 1981m AMSL, roughly 305m above ground, with no acro or SIV and no military-base overflight. Flying hours are seasonally restricted May to mid-November. The easterly beach landing can be turbulent.
Check conditions before you fly
A forecast for the valley is not a forecast for the launch. Before heading to Monaco – Roquebrune – Mont Gros, read the wind and thermals for the site itself, confirm the day's rules with the local club, and remember the standing rule — when in doubt, don't launch. In the free OutDare app you can open Monaco – Roquebrune – Mont Gros with a 7-day forecast built from high-resolution weather models, see who else has been flying, and get there with offline maps.
Conditions right now
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Is it usually flyable?
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Surface wind (10 m) in km/h — the same number you read on any forecast.
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Over the last 12 months
20% of days flyable
72 of 365 days had a dry 2-hour+ window in your range, from a direction this site flies
Best month
Mar · 39%
Flyable days by month
A day counts as flyable when the surface wind held in your range, from a direction the site flies, with no rain, for at least 2 hours in a row (08:00–20:00) — from hourly 10 m wind over the last 12 months. A seasonal wind guide only: it can't judge gusts, thermals or turbulence, and never replaces the live forecast, airspace checks and your own judgement.
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