Pine Mountain, Oregon
The Ultimate Summer Camp
Seven days at Pine Mountain will change YOU & your flying. This all-inclusive retreat & Clinic takes you to one of America’s most legendary sites and gives you a full week of personalized instruction, secluded camping, real-world ground handling, epic glass offs, cross-country coaching, and the kind of deep connection WITH LIKE-MINDED MEN that you’ve been missing.
Over the seven days, we’ll cover everything. Foundational glider handling and kiting up the mountain in the evening glass-off. Midday cross-country coaching with in-flight radio guidance. Gear checks, theory, personalized progression plans, and mentorship tailored to exactly where you are and where you want to go. By the end of this week, you will be a safer, more confident, more capable pilot — and you’ll have a clear road map for the next 10, 50, and 200 flight hours of your career.
This is not just a paragliding clinic. This is a retreat. An immersion into nature, into this incredible sport, and into yourself. Expect deep fireside conversations, a complete break from your daily life, and an invitation to reconnect with the things that actually matter.
You’re also going to fly yourself silly.
ABOUT Pine Mountain
Flying Conditions
Pine Mountain is one of the most versatile flying sites in America. With more than 8 launches on every aspect of the mountain, we can fly in every wind direction and in all kinds of conditions. The site record is 370 kilometers. Cross-country flights have been had in every direction from this mountain for more than 50 years. This is not a random hill. This is a world-class site.
Perfect Glassoff
At pine, we get the gliders out on the ground and kite them up the hill to launch. Not boring kiting on flat grass. building real handling skills in real dynamic conditions on the way to your flight. A week of this kind of ground handling is worth more than 5 SIVs. This is not a drill that’s disconnected from flying reality. This is handling your glider in real life.
Once you’re in the air, expect perfect soaring conditions, epic sunsets, and the ability to fly until long after the sun goes down.
The Land
We’re camping on private property at the foot of Pine Mountain — an 80-acre property that has been one of the hubs of America’s free flight community for more than 40 years. This is where the Pine Mountain Fly-In was hosted for 27 consecutive years. Three cabins, a campground that accommodates 250 people, and a heritage that is palpable in everything you see and feel here.
The mountain views are insane. It’s incredibly quiet, peaceful, secluded, tranquil. There’s an observatory just up the hill because the night sky is so dark here — the stars are profound. Nature is raw and undisturbed. This is a place where people reset. Where they reconnect. the kind of quiet that lets you actually hear yourself think.
All-inclusive Camp Life
You’ll stay at the property in camping or cabin accommodations. The campground is spacious, the cabins are comfortable, and the setting is unlike anything you’ve experienced.
If you fly in, we’ll provide a shared cabin or camping eqpt, tent pitched for you. If you drive your van or camper, there’s epic spots for you.
All of your food is covered. And this is not cheap hot dogs and hamburgers. We’re talking USDA choice beef, organic vegetables, hardwood-fired barbecues. We’ll use camaraderie and teamwork to prepare our meals together — camp vibes, shared cooking, the way it should be. There will be some kitchen assistance, but in general, we’ll work as a crew to eat how we want to eat.
WHO IS THE 7-DAY ADVENTURE TOUR RIGHT FOR?
- Licensed pilots at every level — whether you just got your P2 or you’re an experienced cross-country pilot looking for high-level coaching and mentorship – From experience, we have noticed that all pilots learn more when in a group of mixed abilities
- Pilots who want to level up their safety, confidence and skill
- Men who are ready for more than just a flying trip — who want to invest in themselves, build real friendships, get outside of their routine, and reconnect
- Pilots who can launch and land on their own
- People who are open-minded, curious, motivated, enthusiastic, team-oriented, mindful, and ready to do the work
only 12 spots Available
Saturday May 23 – Friday May 29 2026
$3500 All Inclusive
all your transport, lodging, food, instruction and retrieve!
WHAT’S INCLUDED
- 7 days of flying, instruction & Mentorship
- 8 nights accommodation
- RDM (redmond/bend) Airport pickup and drop-off w/ the group
- All your food – (its epic food only) – all covered, any diet, no prob
- Daily site and weather briefings
- In-air radio guidance
- Daily shuttles to launch, bombout & XC Retrieve
- Gear checks and fitment
- Personalized progression plan and 1-on-1 time with Ari
- Track log debriefs and flight planning
- Evening glass-offs & detailed kiting and launching traingings
- Fireside conversations and group facilitation
WHAT’S NOT INCLUDED
- Airline flights or travel expenses
- Alcohol
- Cost of any additional or optional activities
- Insurance (required)
- Airport transport if you arrive early or late
- Any additional nights accommodation if you arrive early or leave late
Cost
WHAT YOU NEED
- USHPA P2 license or above or international equivalent license
- Paragliding Equipment
- Certified paraglider
- Certified harness
- Reserve parachute
- Helmet
- Unlocked dual-band VHF radio – we recommend the Yaesu FT-270 or FT-65R.
- audible vario
- Highly recommended to have a cockpit and flight instrument, could be as simple as your phone
- Garmin inreach or similar gps tracking device with 2 way messaging
- Ability to confidently take off and land on your own.
- Basic fitness level – ability to sustain a 35-minute power walk or hike your glider kit 2 miles continuous
- Warm clothes – you will feel the cold once you’ve thermalled to cloud base
- Comfortable and sturdy shoes – hiking boots are ideal
- Health and travel insurance
- You can purchase travel insurance from World Nomads.
GUIDES
Ari Delashmutt
FounderAri has been a professional action sports athlete his entire adult life. More than 12 years of paragliding, over 3,000 flight hours across 16 countries on 5 continents. World records in highlining. He chased acrobatics early on, then got hooked on cross-country after his first 115km flight — acro harness, no flight instrument, no food or water, no idea what he was doing. He’s been chasing XC and competition flying ever since.
But Ari isn’t just a pilot. He’s a men’s coach and group facilitator who has spent years doing deep personal development work — studying Nonviolent Communication and conscious leadership. He brings all of this to the mountain. The mindset work, the emotional intelligence, the ability to create a space where men are welcome to open up, connect, and grow — that’s what separates this from every other clinic you’ve been to.
Ari teaches the mental game that is imperative for pilots to stay safe and keep progressing in their careers. This is instruction for the whole pilot, not just the technical side.
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SKILLS & Instruction
Every pilot gets personalized instruction based on where they are and where they want to go. The week covers every format of coaching — ground, air, theory, debrief, and mentorship. Skills practiced include:
Ground handling — kiting in dynamic conditions on the hill
Glider handling — pitch control, carving, active piloting
Thermalling technique – mapping, coring and finding triggers
Speed bar and active piloting on speed bar
Speed to fly theory and practice
Gliding techniques for efficiency and performance
XC Theory – LZ’s, weather, cloud flying, flight instruments and anything else you could possibly want to learn about flying paragliders cross-country
Gear setup and equipment optimization
Mental game — fear management, emotional regulation, mindset, motivation, risk mgmt & decision making
Pine Mountain, Bend Oregon
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