Morro do Diabo

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Morro do Diabo (Devil's Hill) is a hill in the far south of Brazil, near the cities of Caxias do Sul and the state capital of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre. The hill is used by paraglider pilots as a launch site and sometimes as a landing site as well. It has 650 meters (ASL) of altitude and serves as a landmark when people arrive in the highlands coming from the valleys and flatlands nearby.

Tourists are welcome to the Morro do Diabo to enjoy the great view of the flats just below it, and other enthusiats of outdoor sports go to the hill to practice. The place is under frequent maintenance by the people of Clube Vale dos Ventos de Voo Livre (Wind Valley Soaring Club) [1] or CVVVL and is registered as a no plane flying area by the federal aviation organisation, bringing safer conditions to the practice of paragliding. The pilots and their families frequently use the facilities of the Sky Company Hostel just below the hill, a place to recuperate and to meet the other pilots. It serves as a meeting point for all the people who want to go to the top.