Paragliding & Hang Gliding in Golden, BC
A thermic big-mountain site renowned for its cross-country potential.
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Terrain: NRCan MRDEM-30 (30 m), Open Government Licence – Canada · CGVD2013 · no vertical exaggeration · Roads & water © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · About the model
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Where you take off
Mount 7 has one launch area in regular use, with separate north, south and hang-glider takeoffs, plus a historic launch below the summit. Elevations are the published values local pilots use.
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From the valley floor to the summit ridge
Launch and summit are different places. The road ends at the lower launch; the summit sits about 3 km to the south-east and nearly 600 m higher.
Land where you're welcome
Landing fields are private land. Register and sign the waiver before you fly, and read the full rules on the Site & Access page.
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Fly Mount 7 on a tandem
Not a pilot but want to experience a bird's eye view of Golden? Book a tandem with Altitude Adventures.
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Real elevation data, true scale
The mountain is built from Natural Resources Canada's CanElevation elevation data, not a generated or artistic model.
We first checked the High Resolution Digital Elevation Model (HRDEM). Its 1–2 m lidar mosaic covers the Columbia Valley floor around Golden but not Mount 7's upper slopes, launch or summit, so it can't carry the model on its own.
The model therefore uses NRCan's Medium Resolution Digital Elevation Model (MRDEM-30), the CanElevation Series 30 m terrain model. In this area it already includes the HRDEM lidar along the valley and uses NRCan-adjusted Copernicus GLO-30 elevations on the mountain, blended at the edges.
We reprojected the 30 m grid to UTM zone 11N without changing its spacing and packed it as 16-bit heights with 10 cm steps. The browser draws it at true horizontal and vertical scale with WebGL (three.js). Vertical exaggeration is off unless you switch it on, and the caption on the model always says which setting is in use.
- Dataset
- MRDEM-30 DTMNatural Resources Canada, CanElevation Series
- Resolution
- 30 mGrid spacing, unchanged from source
- Horizontal CRS
- EPSG:2955NAD83(CSRS) / UTM zone 11N (source EPSG:3979)
- Vertical datum
- CGVD2013Orthometric heights, metres (EPSG:6647)
- Extent
- 22 × 19 kmGolden, the Columbia Valley and Mount 7
- Source mix
- —Share of model cells by source
- Licence
- OGL – CanadaOpen Government Licence – Canada
- Map overlays
- OSMRoads and water © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0, via Overture Maps
MRDEM-30 accuracy, per NRCan's product specification: lidar-derived areas are typically within 1–3 m; GLO-30-derived areas within about 2–5 m RMSE, worse under dense forest. Elevations read from the model are approximate and labelled ≈ DEM. Full processing notes: docs/terrain.md.