Ensija

LOCATION: Berguedà
ALTITUDE: 2270meters
TYPE: Hike&fly site. XC.
WIND DIRECTION: S, SW, W
HEIGHT DIFFERENCE: 600m
ACCESS: 30 minutes drive from Berga + 1h30min of hike.
Take the road from Berga towards Puigcerdà (C-16). Just after the thermic central turn left to BV-4025 road towards Fígols. Pass the town and drive till coordinates 42.167476ºN 1.775336ºE where you can park and start the hike. The hike follows a narrow and direct path on the south face of Ensija to the top of the mountain. At the top, go left (west) to reach the best take off area.
You can get the GPS hiking track from here: http://ca.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/view.do?id=6441081

COORDINATES: LAT 42.179220ºN / LONG 1.757011ºE

BEST KNOWN FOR: Great hike and fly with beautiful views. Good XC possiiblities.

DESCRIPTION: Great place to hike and fly in the first ranges of the Pyrennees with perfect views of the XC area of El Berguedà. It's also a good XC start or top landing for bivy flying (there is a hut close by the take off area). It's facing south and west. Pilots took of also to north (in very light wind) from the highest summit of Ensija but never tried personally.
With some logistics you can do few hike&fly the same day to reach Berga (south).
On the way up/down with the car you can stop at "Fumanya" and visit the "Titanosauridae" dinosaur footprints.

For more Hike&fly in the area visit: http://ca.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/user.do?id=969161

LANDING: Coordinates landing in Peguera: 42.163417ºN 1.767065ºE
To get back to the car you will need to walk some 10 to 15 minutes. Go first downhill towards the East and then follow up the jeep path towards the parking.

CAUTION: West winds can increase their speed quite fast (front coming or just passed).

Taking off in winter

hiking up for some 600 meters up in a corridor.

The landing in Peguera.