Your Journey to the Sky Starts Here: The Integrated P1 & P2 Course

“Know when NOT to go!
Once you know when not to go, you know when to go — and where to go.
That’s what makes a successful pilot, and it’s what lets you fly long distances and stay in the air for hours, not minutes.” — Max Powers

Getting a paraglider off the ground is easy. Becoming a pilot who understands the air, makes good decisions and stays in the sport for years takes more. This 9-day course is the first step. You’ll go from your first kiting session to flights on our 40-metre training hill, write both your P1 and P2 HPAC exams, and, conditions permitting, make your first supervised high-mountain flights.

📚 Theory & Ground School

12+ hours of classroom instruction, covering:

• Aerodynamics: How a wing flies.
• Meteorology: Reading the weather and wind in the mountains.
• Air Regulations: The rules of the air.
• Risk Management: Learning when to fly and when not to.
• Gear Maintenance: Caring for the equipment your safety depends on.

🪂 Practical Flight Training

• Ground Handling: Controlling the wing on flat and gently sloped terrain.
• Launch & Landing: Building the muscle memory for clean takeoffs and landings.
• The Training Hill: Repeated flights on our 40-metre slope.
• First High-Mountain Flights: 1–2 supervised flights to start your P2 progression, weather permitting.

✅ What’s Included

• P1 & P2 HPAC written exams and certification fees
• Full equipment rental for the 9 days
• Official HPAC Student Logbook
• 1–2 supervised high-mountain flights (weather permitting)

You don’t need to buy gear to take this course.

🏔️ Your Path to the P2 Rating

HPAC requires a minimum of 25 supervised flights for the P2 rating. Many schools count short practice-hill hops toward that number. Here, your 25 are real high-mountain flights, mainly from Mt. Swansea with about 900 metres of vertical, where each flight gives you minutes of airtime rather than seconds.

After this course, you continue in our P2 – Supervised Flights program, run as scheduled flying days in summer and on skis at Panorama Mountain Resort in winter. In 40 years of flying and teaching, I’ve found most pilots are truly ready to fly on their own after 40–45 high-mountain flights. The goal isn’t just your card; it’s making sure you’re confident in the air and still flying ten years from now.

Duration: 9 days | Price: $2,450 +GST
Group size: 3–5 students. If only 2 register, you can choose: move to the next course date, or keep your date as a small group for an additional $350 per person.

Next courses:
Nov 21st – Nov 29th 2026
May 15th – May 23rd 2027
July 10th – July 18th 2027