Crestline Soaring Society

Hot and clear. Two brown smoke layers in the distance a little above the marine layer; smoke from the fires in Big Sur and west of Santa Barbara.
Wind 0-5 ENE at Marshall at 10 AM. Launched T2 154 from lower SW in a lull. LZ almost soarable. Longer lulls at Marshall later, so 11:30 T2 launch was a little easier.

At 13:30 solid SW 5-10 most of the time. Able to launch the U2 160 from the top SSW. Got into a thermal near the windsock (good look at windsock!) and climbed to 4600 then 5300 as it drifted slowly NNE. Got to Crestline at 5000 and floated across the face to below Billboard. Snagged a developing core and got to 6000 after a few minutes.