The Crown Terrace is our westerly site. My favourite pet name for it is the Crown Terrors. In the right weather, it's almost a coastal site. When it's good... it's really good. But It's a lovely lovely site, until it's not. When the terrace goes bad, it goes bad big and fast. If it goes bad in just the wrong wind direction, it turns into a washing machine. One of my favourite tricks at the Terrace is if conditions change a bit, I topland and watch for a minute. If it was "nothing", I takeoff again. Thermals Something that's often missed about the terrace is that it's a wicked thermalling site.Sure, we go there most when it's ridge soarable, but it's a West facing hill... it soaks up a lot of sun. It works particularly well this way in the Spring and Fall. |