I have been asked some questions about what abilities one needs to fly at Piedrahita and whether it is very cold around 4000m.

Thunderstorms are usually not to be expected, but it is always important to know your means of descent. Spirals are not the most important, but rather big ears with speed.  

In Piedrahita the nights can be very cold and the days very hot, up to 40 degrees celcius, leading to the fantastic thermal conditions that Piedrahita is known for, but normal windstopper gloves with perhaps silk liners will be just fine.

I would also like to address the apprehension that some pilots, including ones who have never flown at Piedrahita themselves,  have expressed regarding flying here in June/July.  I spoke with Steve Ham,     , who lives in Piedrahita himself and who has had an XC base there for decades, and also he (one of the best meet directors worldwide) thinks that it is absolutely no problem.  I myself have flown at least 8-10 competitions in Piedrahita and can only affirm this. There are certainly far more problematic XC areas in the best thermal time of year, such as the Sierra Nevada, Castejon de Sos, Dolomites, Fiesch, Quixada, etc. ... Piedrahita is not in this group. I expect that "Girls fly Spain" will have a great 9 days filled with many personal highlights.