JUMP by Limitless Flight — Attraction in Bluffdale

The JUMP facility itself is better than expected. The entrance has screens to the ceiling displaying jump videos. The screens occasionally become transparent revealing a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the next suited-up patron about to embark on his adventure. A separate waiting room with screens to the ceiling shows a perfect 3D rendering of the canyon you’re about to jump into (not an artist’s creation, mind you, but a painstakingly acquired 3D image from hours and hours of criss-cross pattern helicopter flyovers with high-tech mapping devices accurate to within a couple centimeters. They have gone to extreme lengths to make this as real as technology will allow, not just the images, but also the physics. There’s a lot of fascinating info to be gleaned from the roaming employees, all of whom are super cool and ready and willing to answer questions both practical (the experience itself) as well as theoretical and technological. The owners and creators are engaging, friendly, and have bright, active, and innovative minds committed to continual improvement.

When it’s time for your jump, you’ll ascend the ramp to a video station that gives info you’ll actually need. Pay attention. Beyond the video station are two well-designed jumping bays that based on the mood, textures, lighting, and artistry could have come straight out of a video game. Awesome. Flanking the bays are two floating rows of squirrel jump suits—these are legit, the real deal, with full material, and a gazillion straps and zippers. Luckily someone will help you suit up. The floating row of suits rotates until your personalized suit arrives. You stand against the suit and begin the vestment process, which is likely to give you a better sense for how Iron Man feels. When done, you’re unhooked and the full weight of the suit descends upon you as you make your way to the jump bay where you get your helmet, get dialed in, and receive your “parachute,” a device hooked to your back to aid airflow within the suit for realism (in addition to the wind on the outside of the suit), but which also provides the heft of an actual parachute pack. Genius. Next thing you know, you’re on a plane inching your feet toward the edge of an open bomb bay door. JUMP! You’re flying! Wind rushing by, steering your way down to the launch area at the summit of Notch Peak. Upon approach, your parachute deploys—UNZIP your arms to grab the actual, physical parachute handles dangling above your shoulders. When you land, the visuals are sweet. Your guide standing next to you tells you what to do next. This time, when you scoot your actual feet toward the edge, virtual dirt and pebbles fall from the edge into the abyss below. Wicked awesome. Then JUMP! You are again flying—and in my case—hovering dangerously close to canyon walls the entire time, tempting fate, on route to the landing site. It’s the closest thing you’ll ever do to the real thing, and it’s only getting better all the...

Before spending a ridiculous amount of money, read this... I want to say, the only reason I gave it 2 stars instead of 1 is because the staff were incredible. They were nice and helpful. The experience was not so great. After reading all of the 4/5 star reviews, I decided to spend the money and do the experience with my husband and friends. Our experience was more of a $10/person experience and I would not spend the amount of money we did ever again. Why? My experience: It was totally underwhelming. My stomach didn't even "drop". It didn't feel real (I still do not understand all the reviews that say otherwise; I can only think that they paid people to say it). I've been to the technology museum in San Jose. They have an VR exhibit where you can fly like a bird. It costs like $5 to do it and was a MUCH more realistic and exciting experience than this wing suit base jumping experience at Jump. It was also sooo short. The experience in San Jose was longer than this (I think I had like 3-5 minutes to fly like a bird there). We only got to do 1 jump off the canyon (and 1 off an airplane which was lame). It lasted like less than 60 seconds. My friend came with me and she had a lot of trouble getting the VR lens to not be blurry. It is very difficult and frustrating. My husband and his friend's experience: My husband is tall and skinny and they had no wing suit that fit him properly. Even worst, my husband's friend is more buff and he actually walked away with bruising from the wing suits. They do not have very good sizing options in their wing suits. My husband and his friend had such a horrible experience that they gave them a free pass to come back. But it was so bad that there's no way they plan to use it. Summary: This experience is not realistic. The wing suits come in more girl sizes. For men, beware unless you have a more petite body. It was definitely too short for the money. They should at least let us jump 3-5 times for the money we're paying. It's definitely more of $10/person experience. I will not be wasting my...

A friend of mine had this investment deal come across his desk and so I said I would try it out when I was in town. I’m glad I experienced it as wing suit jumping in real life is not something I would be willing to take the risk to do. Cool concept to allow those of us, not daring enough, to live vicariously through a VR experience. I signed up for the tournament hoping to get more bang for the buck. I do not recommend going alone, although the staff is awesome, it isn’t as much fun by yourself. I also found out right before my jump that they didn’t have someone to jump against me so I was paired against someone they brought in on an offer to jump for free. He was very excited to get to compete in the tournament for free. After not more than 10 mins of fun and paying over $200 with Uber fees and the jump experience, it didn’t leave a great taste knowing that stranger I competed against was jumping for free because I didn’t have a friend with me. It never feels great to pay full price next to someone that didn’t pay anything but that’s also life. The light refreshments provided during the tournament were great to graze and watch the other jumpers compete. No t-shirt or post video we given as advertised online.

Really cool concept. Expensive for just ten minutes of experience. Not something I would pay to do again. I would not recommend this If you’re in town alone looking for something to do. Going with a friend would be more enjoyable and then at least one of you would have the opportunity to do more jumps. I wish I would’ve done better and had a longer experience; you pay one price but how long you get to have fun is a result of how well you do against who you are paired next to. It is expensive for such a short “ride” (90-120 seconds tops) but the experience itself is quite unique and enjoyable. If you have discretionary dollars to spend...