Marshall Peak / Crestline, California

Stylized landscape portrait of Marshall Peak / Crestline near San Bernardino, California

Paragliding Flight Atlas · California

Marshall Peak / Crestline

A dry chaparral ridge where Southern California thermals rise above an urban plain and the evening often remembers how to be smooth.

Atlas take

The basin is large; the approved landing pattern is deliberately less imaginative

Marshall Peak / Crestline is a chaparral mountain launch above an inland basin near San Bernardino, California. Pilots know it for southern California's long-established club flying community, marshall and Crestline launch options, and views across the Inland Empire.

Flying characterThermal, Cross-country, and Evening soaring
Best fitCSS membership and current USHPA requirements apply; visiting pilots should obtain the required local orientation or sign-off. Current local rules and access arrangements apply.
Best monthsYear-round—conditions decide the day

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Current site guidance

Check visitor access and site status.

Use the responsible local source to confirm the current requirements before committing to independent flying.

Read the CSS visitor requirements

Local support

Make the practical side easier.

Pilots who need an appointment-based visitor sign-off, instruction from P1 through P4, advanced training or a tandem introduction at the Crestline / Marshall flying system.

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