Experience a One-of-a-Kind Adventure
Captain Zipline Aerial Adventure Park (Salida). Colorado’s
largest, Euro-style aerial park sits in a canyon with nine different
courses and 120 elements. The courses include swinging bridges,
catwalks, trapezes, ziplines, cargo nets, ladders and more. The course
heights vary from three feet to 65 feet above the ground. And, if the
adventure park isn’t enough, Captain Zipline also offers a zipline tour
that takes guests soaring across canyons and over abandon silver mine
shafts. Or, try your hand on several Via Ferrata courses. Italian for
“Iron Road,” Via Ferrata courses provide adventurers with aspirations of
scaling cliffs and traversing ledges the opportunity to flirt with
their wild side without extensive climbing equipment or expertise.
Royal Gorge Bridge & Park (Canon City).
Hanging high above Colorado’s wild Arkansas River,
the Royal Gorge Bridge is America’s highest suspension bridge and a
legendary feat of engineering renowned the world over. In addition to
the 86-year-old Royal Gorge Bridge, guests can expect more thrills with
the new jig-back Poma Tram and Zip Rider Zipline (now North America’s
highest zip line). Both attractions will travel 2,400 feet over the
Royal Gorge and 1,200 feet above the Arkansas River.
Shoot Down a Mountain
Gold Runner Alpine Coaster (Breckenridge). Located
at the base of Peak 8, sits Breckenridge’s alpine coaster with 2,500
feet of elevated alpine track. Visitors will get their adrenalin running
as they soar down the mountain through forests and above ski runs.
Visitors can ride as a single, or ride with a friend as they conquer the
quick twists and curves.
Winter Park’s Alpine Slide (Winter Park). Thrill
seekers who have wanted to try their hand at bobsledding should check
out Colorado’s longest alpine slide which sits upon a peak at Winter
Park Ski Resort. Guests enjoy a six-minute scenic chairlift ride before
experiencing the 610 foot vertical drop on Winter Park’s 3,000 foot long
alpine slide.
Western Theme Park Thrill Rides
TERROR-Dactyl (Manitou Springs). Last
summer, Cave of the Winds introduced TERROR-Dactyl, the Aerial Dive
Ride, which sits on the edge of a 200-foot cliff in Williams Canyon. The
ride launches riders 200 feet into the canyon at nearly 100 miles per
hour. This one-of-a-kind ride will have visitors gasping for air.
Giant Canyon Swing (Glenwood Springs). Perched
on a rock precipice on the edge of Glenwood Canyon at Glenwood Caverns
Adventure Park, the Giant Canyon Swing launches riders out 1,300 feet
above the Colorado River at nearly 50 miles per hour. Once over the
canyon, riders will float at zero gravity for a moment before the swing
reverses in the opposite direction.
Slidezilla (Denver). Denver’s Elitch
Garden’s water park is getting a new addition this summer for the
park’s 125th birthday. SlideZilla is a new, six-story water slide with a
“BehemothBowl” and “TornadoWAVE.” Riders will shoot into the 24 foot
bowl, drop 57 feet and then head up into a four-story high tornado
wave.
Zip through the Rockies
Crested Butte Zipline Tour (Crested Butte). At
Crested Butte Mountain Resort, soar across five ziplines ranging in
length from 120 to 400 feet. These ziplines are connected by suspended
wood bridges and towering platforms. Not only is the zipline open in the
summer for views of Crested Butte’s stunning wildflowers, it is also
open in the winter when visitors can watch skiers and snowboarders sail
down the slopes.
Soaring Tree Top Adventures (Durango). Accessible
only by train, guests of Soaring Tree Top Adventure’s zipline start
their journey on a beautiful train ride in private, first-class cars on
the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad. Upon arrival at the
zipline, Sky Rangers from Soaring Tree Top will take guests on the
ultimate adventure which includes soaring on 27 ziplines ranging from 56
to 1,400 feet in length through the trees of the San Juan Mountains,
over the Animas River and indulging in a four-course gourmet lunch.
Steamboat Zipline Adventures (Steamboat). Steamboat’s
first zipline opens this June and will feature a course that takes
guests zooming down suspended cables through aspen trees and lodgepole
pine in the Colorado wilderness on Rabbit Ears Pass. Lines will range
from 700 to 1,200 feet in length and will offer stunning views of Lake
Catamount, the Flat Tops Mountains and the Yampa Valley.