Kanton Uri offers great walks and fantastic flights, suitable for H+F, XC and acro pilots. This is a chance to explore the most popular (and some less well known) sites, and have a fun with friends as you do so.

The aim is to challenge the hardened Hike and Fly enthusiasts, but also have and fun challenge for the less committed hikers.

The format is simple, with only 4 turnpoints (Haldi, Eggberge, Ruogig and Brusti) which can be visited in any order, however… the twist is that you must also visit the valley floor a number of times between the turnpoints. The exact number differs for the Quick Link and Rip Stop categories.

Event area: A walking/flying tour of Kanton Uri, with turnpoints at Haldi, Eggberge, Ruogig, Brusti
Click here for competition waypoints

Start, finish and event organisation location:
Restaurant Pizzeria Moosbad da Sergio

Race start: 8:30 AM
Race finish: latest at 5:30 PM

Prerequisites for participation:
– Swiss paragliding licence or IPPI4

The “QuickLink” category is for the hardened Hike and Fly enthusiasts. The 4 turnpoints need to be reached without any use of mechanical transport. No cars, busses, cablecars, rollerskates, bicycles, or any outside help. During the race the pilot must return at least 2 times to the valley floor. This is X-Apls style: You carry everything you need except for food and water, which you can replenish on the way.

The QuickLink Challenge is a simple race to goal. We all start together and the fastest wins.

In this category you must visit the 4 turnpoints in any order, and you need to visit the valley floor between each, but you are free to use public transport. This includes cablecars, busses and trains, but does not include any other mechanical transport (eg. taxi, bicycle, etc.). We might just allow rollerskates, but you will need to carry these, together with the boots you fly in, for the entire event.

A bonus of 40 points will be awarded to participants that hike from the valley floor to at least one turnpoint. To secure this, it must be supported by a continuous GPS track.

In the RipStop category, we will also have a side challenge: hidden near the startplaces, or possibly along the route, there will be a few “paragliding mascots”. Extra points will be awarded for taking a selfie with each of them. In total there are 4 mascots, and a bonus will be awarded for having selfies with all of them.

This is meant to be a fun event, so scoring will be simple:

All Categories

10 points for each turnpoint. Each turnpoint will have a unique sign, and you must take a picture of this from no further than 50cm away to log this turnpoint (no, you can’t use the zoom feature on your camera!).

You must also send a WhatsApp location to the organisers from a place of your choice, on the valley floor, between each turnpoint. The first of these is the start of the Challenge.

“QuickLink” category

10 points for each turnpoint, plus 200 points for the first to goal, thereafter each contestant to arrive at goal receives 20 points less than the one before.

“RipStop” Category

10 points for each turnpoint, plus 10 points for each selfie with each mascot posted on Instagram, plus 40 points for proof of at least one ascent by foot.

Prizes

The three people with the highest number of points in each category for men and women will receive attractive prizes.
If there are not enough participants registered in a category, the prizes will be raffled among the participants.

Sponsors of the Events are: Kortel Design, High Adventure, touch and go…

Main prize: Kortel Kliff 3 harness + backpack Kompact

Further prizes:
– Safety training day at touch and go in Brunnen
– CHF 300 High Adventure gift voucher
– High Adventure Pizi Touch gloves
– touch and go… hoodies

The entry fee includes participation in the event, an event T-shirt and a dinner incl. soft drinks after the challenge.

Special tasks

The organisers may announce spontaneous special tasks the evening before. These may not help you to win a podium place, but they will put a smile on your face.

Penalties

Any participants violating VFR rules or violating airspace restrictions, specifically the REGA heliport in Erstfeld, will be immediately disqualified. Any complaints from landowners will carry a 100 point penalty.

“Time”
As defined by the Google time server, and accessed via the mobile phone of the organiser.

“Valley Floor”
Below 550m AMSL, or below 700m within 1km of the Landeplatz Obereiden (46.8749N, 8.678619E)
All elevations as defined by www.geo.admin.ch

Quick Link “Returns to the valley floor”
The text is very precicely written. There will be not be additional clarification. Part of the challenge is to interpret this rule.

“Turnpoints”
As defined at https://seeyou.cloud/xcplanner?ci=public-task&vn=taskpoints&vi=clyr31kl900032e6974hqba78 at 08:30 on the day of the competition.
Note: any material changes to the turn points published as of 15.09.2024 will be communicated to all registered participants. At this point, there have been no changes.
Other than the start (first turnpoint) and finish (last turnpoint), the order the turnpoints can be visited in any order.

Top Landing and Intermediate Landings
There are no requirements or restrictions, but start, landings or flying behaviours that are deemed dangerous, in the sole and exclusive opinion of the organiser, will lead to penalties, potentially including disqualification.