1. Current and active USHPA membership and Para 3 (Intermediate- “P3”) rating is required to fly Bald Mountain. (P2 sponsorship available for local pilots. Sponsorship/chaperoning pilot must hold a valid USHPA instructor rating or minimum of P4 rating). No speed flying is allowed from Baldy via the Sun Valley Paragliding Club.
2. Current Sun Valley Paragliding Club Membership is required.
3. SVP membership card must be carried at all times and presented at the request of any Sun Valley Company mountain personnel, club officer or site monitor.
4. All “first flights” from Bald Mountain must be made with an authorized club member. A thorough review of flight rules, including the location of authorized launch sites and landing zones must be completed.
5. During the WINTER season, all flights must be airborne no later than 3:45 p.m. (Hence, launching after 3:45 p.m. is prohibited).
6. All flights must maintain 150' (50 meters) minimum clearance (vertical & horizontal) from all mountain structures, in-bounds ski runs, guests/people, lift facilities, etc.
7. Helmets, reserve parachutes and radios, (USHPA frequency 151.925) are mandatory on all flights. A cell phone may be carried in substitute of a radio.
8. Authorized Winter Launch Areas: Heaven, Little Easter, Hun-Run and Limelight. Additional Summer Launch sites: Christmas Ridge, College, Alabama, Indiana, Little Swindon.
9. Authorized Landing Zones are Hulen Meadows; just north of the Gun Club near the Sun Valley Golf clubhouse; or by permission only in advance at the north end of Weyyakin Ranch. (Alternate landing zone: Sports fields at the Hemingway School/Atkinson Park) or the "Bailout LZ" near the Hospital. Landings are prohibited at any time on SV Company property in the Warm Springs or River Run areas. OUR STANDARD LZ we have used for decades adjacent to the River Run LZ is CLOSED and strictly prohibited!
- Reckless conduct or violation of any rules may result in revocation of membership and flight privileges Local P2 pilots meeting the following requirements may fly Bald Mt. unsupervised.
1. Minimum logged requirements: 75 flights, 25 of which from Bald Mountain.
Following demonstrating suitable skills and tasks, etc., to a local instructor, the instructor can submit recommendation for approval by the BOD. Once approved, pilot may fly unsupervised from Baldy, but cannot fly alone. (Must be flying with another pilot.