Sky Rangers Save the Day

The Sky Rangers of Soaring Colorado are terrific tour guides who make your treetop adventure unforgettable and make soaring one of the safest adventures around.

In addition, these real life wilderness heroes, acting on a moment's notice, used their formidable skills and training recently to come to the rescue of a stranded and lost kayaker.

Read their amazing true story here.

In a remote valley of Colorado lives Soaring Tree Top Adventures, a new extreme zip line adventure and the only one of its kind in the continental United States.  Soar through and above the Aspens on the highest quality stainless steel cable or zip line from platform to platform, designed to be reminiscent of an Elfin village like something out of Lord of the Rings.  Touch down on the next platform and catch your breath and be assured that the platforms are attached to three-century-old Ponderosa pine trees in an unobtrusive manner that even has arborists’ attention and gives the term "tree hugger" new meaning.  A Sky Ranger will be there to handle your equipment and maintain the maximum amount of safety, so Soaring can be enjoyed by thrill seekers of all ages.  This adventure is also similar to a tree top tour, canopy tour, or zip line tour, but more.

Tall Timber Resort, home to Soaring America, is located in the San Juan Mountains, adjacent to the San Juan National Forest.  With no road access, guests arrive from Durango on the Durango-Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad.  The Railroad is working closely with Soaring America to provide transportation along the scenic Animas River by steam-powered train.  Tall Timber Resort is taking day guests off the train for the first time to participate in this all-day activity.  For those who want to experience the five-star, all-inclusive resort, packages start at a 3 day, 2 night minimum stay.

Because we are accessible only by train (there is no road access) we have joined with the Durango & Silverton Railroad to provide your transportation to and from Soaring Tree Top Adventures.  Visitors from all over the world come to Durango for the chance to take ride the train, so you will actually be enjoying two vacation highlights: your Tree Top Adventure and the trip on the Durango & Silverton RR! To learn more about the historic Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, please click on the D&SNGRR train icon to your right.

To book your Soaring reservation, please visit our Reservations page and submit a reservation request with your date and contact information.

With the aid of a Sky Ranger, a guest dons his or her state-of-the-art Petzl harness and is safety checked down to his or her last caribiner.  Groups then proceed to the Soaring Learning Center where they receive an overview of Soaring, learn how the course was designed and what to expect in the trees.  It takes about four and a half hours to soar between 32 stainless steel platforms by traversing over a mile of helicopter-grade stainless steel cable through 27 ponderosa pines, allowing time to relax in the trees to enjoy a gourmet lunch.  Spans range from 50 feet to 500 feet apart, soaring guests through Aspen forest and even across the Animas River.  There are breathtaking views along the way, and each platform offers something different, including being air-lifted by a helicopter hoist, and having a Sky Guide rappel guests down to the forest floor.