Cornelius Pass Road Thermal Soaring Site
North of Hillsboro, OR

Location Summary:

• Country: USA
• City: Hillsboro
• State: OR
• Site Name: Cornelius Pass Rd
• Type: Thermal
• Skill: All
• Access: Daylight Hours, AMA members only
• Landing Area Quality: Excellent, grass
• Hazards in the area: Power lines and highway. The site is large enough that these are not intrusive. Also two small dogs, Ginger and Pepsi, that belong to the land owner and a German Shepherd that belongs to a neighbor.

 Directions to the site:

• West on Hwy 26 to 185th exit.
• North on 185th to Germantown Rd.
• West (left) on Germantown Rd, take first Right (North) on Old Cornelius Pass Rd.
• Cross Cornelius Pass Rd take first driveway on left (west).
• Park in front of outbuildings on on field north of the red farmhouse.

Review of the site:

• This is the newest PASS field.
• It has been used for hand-launch, thermal and electric flying.
• The large (green on map) field cannot be used until the crop is mowed (Usually in July).
• Earlier in the year we can use the field at the intersection of Germantown Rd. and 185th (brown field on map) unless there is a crop on it.