Laguna / Horse Canyon
Santa Ana Mountains (Orange/Riverside County line) · near Lake Elsinore / Corona · Los Angeles / SoCal
Paragliding
At a glance
- Skill level
- advanced
- Best season
- Spring–fall for thermals · A Southern California XC League site
Worth knowing
- Good for a first timer
- No
Paragliding detail
- Flying types
- thermal · xc
- Conditions
- A Santa Ana Mountains XC launch used by the Southern California XC League. High launch with big views and strong thermal potential over rugged terrain.
- Ushpa
- P3+ recommended. Advanced thermal/XC site. You'll likely need a 4WD to reach launch. Get a local briefing.
- Intl tip
- The SoCal XC League (socalxcleague.com) runs informal monthly XC competitions across its sites from March to September — the best way for an intermediate-to-advanced pilot to learn these launches is to show up to a league event and fly with the community.
The guide
Laguna (Horse Canyon) in the Santa Ana Mountains is one of the seven core Southern California XC League sites, alongside Kagel,…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Laguna / Horse Canyon — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 33.67, -117.42