🇨🇭 Horn (Richterswil)
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Best directionWNW
Wind speed1–5kt
SeasonApr – Oct
Skill levelAdvanced
Waterflat
Ridden forKitesurfing and Wing Foiling
A grassy park on a small peninsula at Richterswil, on the lower Zürichsee, a short walk from the station and next to the Seebad Richterswil. Open water on three sides lets it catch the lake's west wind and the Bise. Not ridden by WGG yet: details still to be confirmed.
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Getting thereS-Bahn S2 or S8, or the lake boat, to Richterswil; the Horn (Hornstrasse 5) is a few minutes' walk along the lake from the station. Paid parking at…
HazardsKiting is allowed on the canton Zürich part of the lake, but not within 150 m of a ship landing or near public bathing areas and harbour entrances. Richterswil…
Best time of dayNeeds wind of about 12 kt or more: on the lower Zürichsee that mostly means the Bise (NE, spring and autumn) or the west wind ahead of a front…
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