Slope Soaring


                                                                                                                                    Thomas Rauber photo

The South Bay Soaring society has the use of a slope site located at Mission Peak in Fremont, part of the East Bay Regional Parks District. The slope faces due west and
offers spectacular views of the bay area.


                                 SBSS slopers enjoy a beautiful Spring day              Sean Sharif photo
at Mission Peak

You'll find all kinds of planes enjoying the awesome lift  Mission Peak slope has to offer.
You'll find floaters, Thermal Duration, scale and even F3B ships making fast passes
across the slope face. For beginners, there is no better way to learn the basics of
RC soaring than at a slope site with long duration flights.


The 2 meter Blade makes an excellent all weather slope plane

No matter what kind of flying you enjoy, or experience level, your really missing
out on some exciting soaring if you don't give the Mission site a try.


                                    A classic launch shot of Norm's 4 meter            Sean Sharif Photo
Discus at Mission Peak

Directions to the site are located on the map page.

Another great slope site, in regular use by the club, is the Los Banos Creek Reservoir.
Located 1.5 hour South East of San Jose, this site over looks a man made
reservoir with slopes of 200-300 ft high and plenty of flat, unobstructed landing area.
This feature makes this site conducive to large scale planes. This is also the site
of our annual slope scale event.


                                         Launcher and helper about to launch a very large                     Mark Foster photo
Duo Discus on to the breezy slopes of Los Banos


                              Sean Sharif making a low pass with his Jaguar       Sean Sharif photo
in the abundant Spring lift of Los Banos

Directions to this site are available on the maps page