c'est la vie gran turismo

Characteristic: Slow, long glides despite the compact pack size. Highly efficient due to its high aspect ratio, agreable to control.

The kite is a classic.

Wing span: 1.74 m
Weight: 44 g
Tube: ø 50 x 880 mm

Glacier with blue rifts.

A flight in the Mortertsch Glacier, Engadina Switzerland, 2004

A white kite in the glacier.

A white kite in the glacier.

A white kite in the glacier.

A white kite in the glacier.

A white kite in the glacier.

A white kite in the glacier.

A white kite in the glacier. One of the favorite photos of Thomas Horvath.

A white kite rising slowly over the glacier.

The Morterasch glacier, state 2004.

The Morteratsch glacier is getting shorter by 10 to 70 meters and thinner 5 to 12 cm per year. The average ice's thickness is around 70 m. The figures will be updated soon.

Kite fabric Icarex: the color palette for zero-wind-kites in 2026.