Pine Mountain / Ojai
Ojai (Ventura County backcountry) · near Ojai · Los Angeles / SoCal
Paragliding
At a glance
- Skill level
- advanced
- Best season
- Spring–fall · Fly Above All uses the Ojai mountains in spring–fall
Worth knowing
- Good for a first timer
- No
Paragliding detail
- Flying types
- thermal · xc
- Conditions
- Backcountry mountain thermal launches behind Ojai in the Los Padres National Forest. Fly Above All flies here in the spring through fall seasons when the Santa Barbara mountains are less consistent.
- Ushpa
- P3+ for independent mountain thermal flying. Los Padres backcountry — remote terrain, know your LZs.
- Intl tip
- Ojai is one of California's most charming small towns — a spiritual-retreat and arts community in a valley famous for its 'pink moment' sunsets. Combine seasonal flying with an Ojai visit; the town's restaurants and the Ojai Valley Trail make it a worthwhile destination in its own right.
The guide
The mountains behind Ojai in the Los Padres National Forest provide Santa Barbara's pilots a spring-through-fall alternative to…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Pine Mountain / Ojai — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 34.59, -119.17