The event will be hosted at Bir/ Billing. This site is regarded as among the best in the world for Paragliding.Billing (2400 m) is the take-off site and Bir (1400 m) is the village at the landing site.The road distance between the two is 14 km. Bir is sheltered by the Dhauladhar mountains and the ridges behind keep rising to 3000 mtrs, 4000 mtrs, 5000 mtrs + one after the other so a pilot can fly at 4000 mtrs and still watch the mountains tower above. Bir is a beautiful village surrounded by tea gardens and spectacular scenery, whereas Billing offers unique opportunities for high altitude and cross country flying and flights of 180 kms have been achieved from here.

All along the bottom of the ridges runs a parallel road from Mandi to Dharamshala and beyond which assures easy recovery for pilots after landing. The most important feature of this region is its weather. On bad weather days one can still fly 20-30 kms and on good days 100 kms is not difficult. October & November are the ideal months for flying in autumn and March to May i.e spring is also flyable but conditions are very strong in spring with thermals of 6-12 mtrs/sec and cloudbase of 4000 to 6000 mtrs.

The small towns of Taragarh, Baijnath and Jogindernagar are close to Bir- Billing and large town of Palampur is 38 km from Bir. Himachal Pradesh is conducting International Paragliding competitions since 2002 at Bir-Billing every year.

Event Name :	Himalayan Pre World Cup-2008
Place  :	Bir - Billing, District-Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, India
Time Schedule :	14th to 20th October, 2008
Organising Department  :	Department of Tourism and Civil Aviation, Govt. of Himachal Pradesh
Agency  :	Government of Himachal Pradesh, PWCA (Paragliding World Cup Association), Technical Committee & Aero Club of India.