The XC-Sauer is a competition for hiking paragliding pilots held between the various sites of the Cumulux Paragliding Club around the Sauer Valley. The race will take place on 17-18th May 25. All paragliding enthusiasts who are in possession of a pilot's licence can take part.

We are also planning to activate our paragliding sector Michelau and can thus go up to FL 50. A briefing will be offered in the morning.

Description of the competition

The competition will be held in two stages. The first stage consists of a Paragliding Accuracy part and the subsequent second stage consists of a 'Score Race', where as many turnpoints as possible have to be reached by the finish time. There will be a daily ranking.

Procedure* (Times may vary slightly depending on the conditions of the day)

• Breakfast / Briefing at 8 am; Salle Lipperscheid, 9, Schoulstrooss, L-9164 Lipperscheid.

• Briefing: Paragliding Sector Michelau 9.00 a.m.

• Start of competition: 10.30 a.m.

• First competition: Paragliding Accuracy (PA)

• 1 pm, Closing of the PA competition (*)

• 4 pm, End of the competition. Return to the HQ (shuttle buses).

• 5 pm, Aperitif

• 6 pm, Results and prize-giving ceremony

• 7 pm, XC Sauer dinner.

Registration

Registration form

Registration fee :  40 €

includes breakfast, sandwich, t-shirt, water, prizes

Extra cost for dinner : 10 € (Couscous)

Determination of categories :

Given the wide difference in levels between participants, there will be 3 categories resulting in 3 placings: Rookies, Warriors, Heroes.

Compulsory passage of the PA waypoint opens access to the Rookies category.

The waypoints are to be passed in the given order (B1, B2, B3, etc.).

Waypoints are designated for the Warriors and Heroes categories.

Example: B4 opens access to Warriors and B6 to Heroes. The pilot who reaches B7 is considered Heroes and is classified as such, the pilot who reaches B3 is classified as a Rookie.

Calculation of points :

Paragliding Accuracy (PA) :

Maximum is 500 points (centre of target), each centimetre of distance costs 1 point.

Turn points:

500 points are gained by reaching each turn point.

In case of a tie, the fastest pilot wins.

Helpers wanted

An event like this depends on the involvement of many helpers. Please support us as a helper and sign up:

Helpers 2025

Rules and regulations

XC-Rules