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Burch Mountain Flying Area
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Burch Mountain Flying Area
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Spot Details
PPG friendly
Not marked
Authorization
Not marked
Club / contract
Required
Launch faces
Not listed
Forecast point
Ready
Access notes
Current 2026 flights establish active use, but upper Burch Mountain spans public parcels without a formal recreation access point. Coordinate with current Wenatchee/Cashmere pilots, use only the legal Burch Mountain Road/public route, and check Chelan County's live road/fire restrictions before travel.
Site rules
- Obtain a current local site introduction that identifies the legal public parcel, setup, parking, launch, landing, and retrieve; the area pin is not an access instruction.
- Use Burch Mountain Road only when Chelan County has reopened it and obey every seasonal, drought, fireworks, fire, weight, mud, and gate closure.
- Do not cross private conservation easements, residential land, orchards, fences, or unsigned parcels to reach launch or retrieve.
- Secure a legal non-airfield LZ before launch and respect crops, livestock, residences, traffic, and landowner operations.
- Check current airspace, TFRs, NOTAMs, wildfire/smoke, weather, and valley wind before flying.
Direction notes
No current authoritative reusable direction set was verified; the local briefing and actual face control.
Safety notes
- No current self-contained launch/LZ guide is public; route, setup, wind sector, obstacles, and emergency access require a local briefing.
- Dry shrub-steppe, strong thermals, gust fronts, rotor, powerlines, roads, wildfire, smoke, and sparse landing choices are material hazards.
- The county closed the dirt road July 1-8, 2026 for drought/fireworks concerns; a July 12 flight confirms later activity but does not replace the live closure check.
Additional notes
Expanded high-activity discovery retained from multiple 2026 flights, including July 12, while preserving the lack of a formal public access point as mandatory local coordination.
Map pin (general area)
Wilder/XContest launch-cluster point on upper Burch Mountain; not a surveyed setup, road entrance, or parking point.
Navigation warning
Flying-area discovery pin only. Coordinate the current legal public parcel, open road, exact launch, LZ, and parking with local pilots before navigating.
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