Hats off

A long day behind. Knowing cloudbase was gonna be high, we left early and tried Peña Rubia to go XC. Didn't work too well, as winds were cross and most of the group didn't quite fance the take off. No worries, we'll work on that (again).
After midday we left for the coastal sites, where convergence, as seen on the maps were gonna give us excellent climbs, and higher cloudbase than usual. It all worked.
2250 m ASL, which is about 1450 meter climbs above take off.

What happened ? Well we have those few days in winter, when northern ice cold air is still present, and a high pressure is forming after a cold front passed through. In spring, forget it, it will be way too strong. But in winter these are the days we are on the outlook for.
Guess what, only a few locals were present, most of the pilots were visiting pilots, and left the hill as it was theirs. Well done, hats off.

Mike's foto above, him heading for El Cid.
More foto's of our XC day today by Alex - Cayenne3 , local pilot you bet.