My review concerns ONLY the winter French operation in Castellon! I've never been there in summer when the DZ is spanish operated.
pros: - Best and most consistant weather available in Europe during winter. - Good price for europe: 17EUR at 14500ft. - Easy conditions: sea level, warm (not hot), much less wind than EmpuriaBrava up north. - The staff is COOL (well it was this year but who knows who's gona be there next year ;-) - Best place to experience the Atmonaute fly with it's creator (Marco Tiezzi spends the winter season there :-) - Beach landing is possible 100 meters away of the DZ if you're into that :-) - With two pilatus PC-6 (9 jumpers/load and 15min/load) you can put as many jumps/day as you like.
Cons: - Except the beach and a few of small fields it's pretty insane to land of DZ: lots of houses, many small power lines... As long as you pull at normal altitude you'll make it back. - Not much to do after skidiving, Castellon feels dead in winter. - Some weeks may be quite, bring your mates to be sure to have some people to fly with ;-) - bring your gear: rentals are huge and rare... - you won't find big RW formation there, this DZ is mostly FreeFly oriented.
Accomodation: you can rent a flat for 200EUR/week for 4/5 peoples. - Getting there: fly to valencia or Barcelona and rent a car. - FAI license + logbook + reserve packing up to date, you'll have to get a "foreigner license" like anywhere in France. It's free, just paper work issued localy on behalf of th FFP. - AFF training available (cost arround 1000EUR). It's not actualy AFF but it's french equivalent: PAC, no worries. - Operation from midle of december to the end of february (may vary sliglty from year to year)
contact: [email protected] (ontop is the French DZ moving down there in winter.
Definitely a great place to jump in winter, I'll be there next year :-D
Skydive Castellon
in Spain
pros:
- Best and most consistant weather available in Europe during winter.
- Good price for europe: 17EUR at 14500ft.
- Easy conditions: sea level, warm (not hot), much less wind than EmpuriaBrava up north.
- The staff is COOL (well it was this year but who knows who's gona be there next year ;-)
- Best place to experience the Atmonaute fly with it's creator (Marco Tiezzi spends the winter season there :-)
- Beach landing is possible 100 meters away of the DZ if you're into that :-)
- With two pilatus PC-6 (9 jumpers/load and 15min/load) you can put as many jumps/day as you like.
Cons:
- Except the beach and a few of small fields it's pretty insane to land of DZ: lots of houses, many small power lines...
As long as you pull at normal altitude you'll make it back.
- Not much to do after skidiving, Castellon feels dead in winter.
- Some weeks may be quite, bring your mates to be sure to have some people to fly with ;-)
- bring your gear: rentals are huge and rare...
- you won't find big RW formation there, this DZ is mostly FreeFly oriented.
Accomodation: you can rent a flat for 200EUR/week for 4/5 peoples.
- Getting there: fly to valencia or Barcelona and rent a car.
- FAI license + logbook + reserve packing up to date, you'll have to get a "foreigner license" like anywhere in France. It's free, just paper work issued localy on behalf of th FFP.
- AFF training available (cost arround 1000EUR). It's not actualy AFF but it's french equivalent: PAC, no worries.
- Operation from midle of december to the end of february (may vary sliglty from year to year)
contact: [email protected] (ontop is the French DZ moving down there in winter.
Definitely a great place to jump in winter, I'll be there next year :-D
Alain