Estación de Vuelo Libre de Siete Pilillas - Pegalajar

This flying site is located in Pegalajar, Jaén province, in the south of the Sierra Mágina district, 4 kilometres from the Jaen-Granada motorway. The municipality has a broken geography which means that some unique landscape features can be found here. The Almadén peak, at an altitude of 2.032 m, is white with snow for most of the year and is a major visual reference point. Around it are the summits of Mojón Blanco, Morrón, Cerro dela Artesilla, Serrezuela, Grajales, los Tres Mancebos, los Valientes, Cerro Santín, la Atalaya,… forming a ring of mountains that delimit the municipality. These heights give way to the River Guadalbullón, which has excavated a narrow valley that was historically an important thoroughfare in Eastern Andalusia.

Located to the west of the Mágina massif, it is closely linked to the Mágina province. Its presence on what was the border with the Islamic Kingdom of Granada means that its military architecture is an outstanding feature here, while its own Islamic past has bequeathed it a culture of water.

Climate

Its altitude of 800 mabove sea level means that it has a mountain climate: cold winters, although not bitterly cold, and very pleasant summers. The temperature ranges between a minimum of 3 or 4 degrees centigrade in winter and a maximum of 30 to 35 degrees in the summer.

The breezes in the valley mean that spring and summer provide the best conditions, with good thermal flying and a restitution which means pilots with little experience can learn the art of slope soaring.