Most people who visit Crestline do so from the ground, driving the winding mountain roads. But what if you could enjoy our beautiful scenery from the air?

That’s the idea behind the Crestline Soaring Society (CSS), a licensed non-profit organization that operates here in the San Bernardino Mountains.

The CSS is a chapter of the United States Hang Gliding & Paragliding Association that maintains launch sites in the area, along with a a landing zone, Andy Jackson Airpark. Recent group projects included rebuilding the stairs leading up to the Crestline launch area, and the CSS also hosts several events a year such as the upcoming Andy Jackson Memorial Fly-In on September 6th, 2008.

Fees start at $10 a day for non-members, and annual memberships in the CSS start at $100, which include unlimited use of facilities and are tax-deductable. The group’s website also lists several members who are licensed instructors, if you’ve never taken to the air in this way before, as well as a weather cam, current wind information and maps of the launch sites.

Want some incentive to give it a try? How about this cool YouTube video we found:

Have you hang glided or paraglided in the Crestline area? Let us know what you thought of it.

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