Awesome, safe, fun experience! I did the 5 Line zipline tour. It is a 2 hour tour and the actual zipline time was about 1 hour. Dillan and Nugget were professional, careful, fun, funny, and did everything to make us feel comfortable whether we were new or experienced, including giving us challenges for the more dare devils in the group.
Leavenworth Zipline was so much better and safer than the previous ziplines I did in the Caribbean.. The harness system looked strong and you are strapped in over the shoulders, waist, and legs (so you can't fall out) and you will be attached at all times to a safety line when you are in the trees, so you will feel very safe. Also, the guide at the ending platform will slow you down before your feel touch the inclined platform. The guides communicate via walkie talkie to convey when it is safe for the next person to be hooked up to the zipline.
The lodge had coffee, drinks, snacks, gifts, and bathrooms.
Check-in and Self Video Experience
There is a little sign letting you know the turn is coming up. When you see the wooden "Mountain Springs Lodge" sign with the smaller "Leavenworth Zipline" logo, that is where you turn in. The gift shop where you check-in is located on the left side of the lodge. The lady with the long hair (sorry, I didn't ask her name) was especially nice answering my questions and decreasing my pre-zipline jitters.
I rented the Revl Action video camera for $20 which includes a 1 min, 25 second video and 20 pictures with a link e-mailed to you. At the video stand, you will use one of the white plastic cards located below the stand to swipe and identify yourself (do not use your credit card). You will give the white card and your credit card to the staff in order to give you the video camera.
The camera is on a hand held stick with a wrist strap. I felt it was going to be safer for me to hold that then to try and do a video with my cell phone. They did sell plastic cell phone straps at the cash register if you wish to try your cell phone.
For the video, it will video (no sound), your zipline of lines 2, 4, and 5 once you climb up the wooden stool (not the platform). The camera turns green to show it is warmed up and blinks red when it actually records. It is recommended to hold the camera an arm's length away from you and point it at you if you want to see yourself and the scenery. I chose to video the trees and the zipline and only point it my way once. You may be spinning around a little as you zipline, so it may not be a straight shot the whole way. Although you cannot select what parts of the video or pictures you receive, I was happy with the video recording. They also splice in canned video footage of others to give the big view of what the ziplines look like.
Getting to the Zipline
After you meet your check-in staff and do your weigh-in (70 - 260 pound weight limit; no one else sees your scale except the check-in staff), you will walk to a open sided jeep to drive you up a very steep hill to the zipline site. You will put on your zipline harness with step by step instructions and your guide will check you to see if everything is tight enough. You will receive a disposable plastic water bottle that you can put in your mesh harness sack.
You can either give your camera, wallet, backpack, anything you brought to be put in a holding container or bring it with you.
You will go to a short practice zipline where they will explain things and you can optionally try it out.
There is a short but tough uphill walk to the actual zipline. One guide in the front and one in the back.
The first zipline is pretty short to get you acclimated. For the 5 line zipline tour, you get to go on the tallest and longest (about 1,400 feet) ziplines.
Nugget made me feel comfortable and cared about and hooked you up to the safety lines. Dillon told jokes and offered challenges on ways to zipline like doing it with no hands and things I would never have thought about. They were both great!
I look forward to doing it again when I am in...
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