Thrill Seekers - Moab

ZipLine

Raven’s Rim Adventure Tours offers two amazing adventures.

Their exciting zipline tour is filled with commanding views of the entire surrounding area, including a bird’s eye view of Moab.

The guided tour starts off with a UTV trip following a section of the historic La Sal Mountain Cattle Trail, dating back to the 1880s. This 1,000ft ascent is a thrilling and scenic adventure in itself!

The zipline course features six exhilarating ziplines varying in speed and distance ranging from 290ft to 1,400ft long. One of their lines is the longest land-to-land zipline course in the United States. The highest zipline is 75ft above the ground, crossing one of the many canyons between sandstone ridges and fins.

You also walk over a 100ft-long suspension bridge.

The fun lasts 2.5 hours. Minimum age to zip is eight; yet check with them for details for those under eight.

They also offer sunset tours for adults 21 and over. Toast to the amazing sunset with a beverage of your choice.

Via Ferrata Course

Test your skills on Raven’s Rim’s Via Ferrata course, meaning “Iron Path” in Italian. This amazing adventure is a protected climbing route with steel cable rails affixed to the rock, climbing rungs, metal steps, and ladders.

This 2.5 hour, guided tour starts with a 1,000ft ascent in a UTV. Then ascend vertical fin walls and climb down into an epic space net for an up-close look at the natural deep craters. Traverse their 50ft slackline and test your nerves with a free-hanging rappel off their suspension bridge. Complete the tour by testing your skills on the climbing route out of the canyon.

For all tours, wear sunscreen and comfortable hiking shoes, and bring a small backpack or hydration pack with at least two quarts of water. Make sure whatever you are using to take pictures or videos is well attached to you. They do offer helmets with GoPro attachments.

For more details, 435-260-0973, RavensRim.com.

Jump!

Skydiving has been a fixture on the list of things to do in Moab for 20 years.

Skydive Moab is celebrating their 20th anniversary this year and has safely completed more than 60,000 tandem skydives over Moab.

Moab offers the perfect climate and landscape for skydiving. You will never forget the amazing landscapes of this area from a bird’s point of view.

When you jump out of the plane, you are in freefall and falling at up to 120mph for about 60 seconds. This is a freedom and experience that you simply cannot duplicate on the ground.

Just for comparison, pelicans dive at 40mph and hummingbirds fly 45mph in their courtship dives.

Once the parachute opens, you simply drift and are treated to a peaceful, serene five- to seven-minute canopy flight before landing.

Skydive Moab will set jumpers of all levels up for this incredible experience. Modern equipment and skilled instructors ensure that skydiving is a safe and fun adventure.

In a tandem jump, you’re harnessed to a professional with thousands of jumps under their belt who controls every aspect of the experience.

As crazy as it sounds to jump out of a perfectly good plane, skydiving is far less dangerous that you would think due to advancements in equipment and training.

Nearly 500,000 Americans skydive each year, making upwards of three million jumps annually. World wide, there are about 3.1 million skydives each year.

For twenty years, Skydive Moab and their staff has been comprised of state- and world-record holders and are among the most experienced instructors in the industry!

If you’re ready to make the jump, 435-259-5867, SkydiveMoab.com.

Bird’s Eye View

Pinnacle Helicopters specializes in scenic tours of Moab. See backcountry arches, deep canyons, isolated buttes, and much more. 435-259-7421, PinnacleHelicopters.com.

Plane Tours

Redtail Air offers unforgettable narrated air tours over the vast national parks as well as the Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park.

Their newest tour is Bryce Canyon & Capitol Reef National Parks, which takes you over Robbers Roost, the Henry Mountains, the Grand Staircase Escalante, Canyonlands National Park, and lastly, Dead Horse Point State Park.

Capture breathtaking photos as you learn about the history and geology of southeast Utah. With pilot/guide narration, window seats, and headsets for all, your flight will be a truly memorable and awe-inspiring experience.

One guest exclaimed after a scenic flight “I don’t know why anyone would come to Moab and not take this scenic flight—it’s simply incredible!”

See more in a few hours than you can ever see from the ground!

Redtail Air offers many scenic flight options, including flights over Arches and Canyonlands National Park, Monument Valley, and Lake Powell. Chase the setting sun and catch southern Utah at its most photogenic moment on their Sunset Airplane Tour. 435-259-7421, FlyRedtail.com.