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May 31, 2026 by Brian Vant-Hull 0

Ellenville, Hosner Mountain, HVFF, Meeting Minutes

HVFF Meeting Minutes – May 2026

The meeting started shortly after 8 pm on May 28 with 16 members eventually joining via Zoom. Next Meeting – will aim for an in-person meeting, perhaps at Third & Company where the Christmas Party was held. Official Club Status – we were granted an extension on filing taxes due to our non-profit status. Filing as a USHPA club is waiting for the club waiver and bylaws to be finalized. Next meeting will include a member vote on the bylaws, which will be sent out electronically for everyone to review. Website Updates Hosner Mountain – the family is offering rights to land in a farm which should be open for perpetuity. The only thing holding up opening launch is the request to put in a trail link to the Appalachian Trail, which is felt necessary because the landowners leading to launch will not be there forever. Fence Posts along LZ…

Tom Visits Ellenville

June 4, 2019 by admin 0

Ellenville, Free Flight

Today Could Work

Originally posted by Lindsey Chew on Yahoo Groups, June 4, 2019. Today could present nice flying though a bit lefterly with wwnw winds about 10-13mph at 2K. The NAM12 is the most optimistic with excellent Buoyancy to Shear Ratio and west winds. Top of Usable lift reaches 7-8K over the mountain 5-6K over the valley which is not bad! Days like these can produce the best XC opportunities as our XC routes are all due east. If you want to try crossing the river then today might be a good day for the attempt. For HG the route is to work your way up to the Prison and then get as HIGH as POSSIBLE. How High is HIGH enough you might ask, my answer would higher than you are now! The mountain is really fat back there so get as high as you can. 8K is golden, 6K is absolute…