Location Summary:
- Country: USA
- City: Newberg
- State: OR
- Site Name: Chehalem Ridge
- Type: Slope
- Skill: Intermediate
- Wind: South
- Access: The Entire Week Mon-Sun
- Landing Area Quality: LZ is across the street from flying area. You must cross a barbed-wire fence. One approach only due to telephone lines and barbed-wire fence.
- Hazards in the area: Trees, barbed-wire fence, horses.
Directions to the site:
North of Newberg, or South of Hillsboro on Hwy 219
Take Mountaintop Road West for about 1.5 miles.
Site is just west of antennae farm. (
Map)
Review of the site:
Lots of wind in winter from S or SW. Hang-gliders on occasion. Trees limit the ability to make close passes. Not a great hill, but close to home.
This description was provided courtesy of Pat Chewning.