Utah Windriders Association

My son has a Soccor Tournament in Colorado Springs that may run more than a few days. I would love to sail somewhere within an hour of Colorado Springs while I am there.....any suggestions?

Willy,

I once did a wind resource assesment for wind energy in CO. In general the eastern part of the state has good winds. Near Colorado Springs I had wind data from two locations (Halcolm Hills near Calhan, and Bovina near Limon) both are pretty good wind sites but not great. They would be very comparable to Stockton Bar (which is better than Rush because of the rise and the pinch of the mountains). Like Rush valley the wind is less the problem and the water is the bigger problem. From looking on a map it looks like you have some reservoirs east of Pueblo so a bit farther than you had wanted but it seems like they might be pretty fun. From the wind data I have the spring and fall are the best and summer the worst (still a very respectible 6 m/s (13.4 mph) for June and 5.5 m/s (12.3 mph) for July). The winds also look like they are best in the heat of the day between 11 am and 4 pm. Not that it matters to you but it is interesting to look at the wind data in the great plain vs. time of day. The highest winds are actually at night if you can get way off the ground (like 60m). If you stay near the ground then the winds are strongest in the middle of the day. If you plot wind speed verse time of day (putting noon at the middle of the plot) for 60m and 10m it makes and hourglass plot where the 60m winds are highest in the night and the lowest during the day and the 10m winds are lowest at night and highest during the day.

Hope this helps.

Emailing Larson Sports mail.larsonsport.com who are in colorado and see what suggestions that they have. Or call @ 303-423-0654 or hit their website http://www.larsonsport.com for info there. good luck and let us know how it goes....CU

willy
i lived in colorado. the best places are lake jackson, way out near nebraska. and aurora reseivor in east denver might be alittle far. , 1 hour and half from springs, but usually good in p.m.