Pure Mountain Flying 2025

Come mountain flying in the Soča Valley! In this camp you learn how to practice mountain flying safely while enjoying spectacular views in the Julian Alps. This event is suitable for first time mountain flyers as well as experienced.

In Pure Mountain Flying we will fly nice mountain flying lines and perhaps do a fun innhopp or two. We’re aiming to fly at least three different mountains + a few innhopps when weather is not good enough for mountain flying but good enough for landing in a new fun place. We will divide you into groups fitting your experience level and wing loads.

For the 2025 camps Johannes invited the flying polymaths Andreas Mosling (NOR) and Matt Currin (US) to join. We base the event out of Skydive Bovec and we jump from their Pilatus Porter. The event can host eight participants per camp and takes place three times during 2025:

PMF#4 - May 27-31 - Mosling & Bergfors
PMF#5 - June 3-7 - Currin & Bergfors
PMF#6 - September 16-20 - Currin & Bergfors

We expect a high demand and you should register as soon as possible. If you can’t join this event you can subscribe to The Skydiving Newsletter to get updates of future events or write Johannes directly to register your interest.

What’s the plan?

Tuesday - Course
We meet at 11.00 for a thorough briefing day with seminars, using illustrations, video, practical exercises and more. We are not jumping on this day. By going into the theoretical depths of our activity and by giving time for you to ask questions and visualise the task - we believe that the investment will have great return in terms of your safety, comfort and enjoyment.

Wednesday - Warm up and maybe first mountain flight
We meet up at the DZ 08.00 and start the event with one or a few flocking jumps in the valley - practicing the techniques we will need to apply in the mountain flying. If conditions later allow we can begin with a mountain line or innhopp.

Thursday - Friday - Mountain flying when we can, otherwise flocking or innhopps.
We fly the mountains when conditions allow and otherwise practice canopy flocking over Skydive Bovec or landing in new stunning areas around the valley. Mountains generally allow access in the morning and sometimes in the evening. Doing high pulls and flying formations is a pretty demanding task and we will most likely not do more than 4-5 jumps per day.

Requirements?

• Minimum 500 jumps total (For jumpers with less than 1000 jumps we would like to first speak to someone we know that can vouch for your skillset)

• Minimum 50 jumps on canopy to be used.

• Minimum 50 jumps last 3 months

• Mobile phone with battery and data credit in Slovenia on all jumps.

• Must have taken a canopy course.

• Must demonstrate disciplined heading control post deployment

• Must be aware of other jumpers location & intended build location while doing house keeping

• Insurance covering skydiving in Slovenia + health insurance in Slovenia. Documentation of this must be provided in advance.

• AAD, turned on.

• Google location sharing to crew members. See video below.