West Virginia Canopy Tour: World Class TreeTops Course
New River Gorge Canopy Tour offers Ziplines, Skybridges, Rappels & Hikes on the newest adventure experience in West Virginia’s extraordinary New River Gorge playground.
Wall Street Journal - January 2010
Some of West Virginia's finest hemlock forests are under assault by the invasive hemlock woolly adelgid. To raise awareness about the predatory bug, the nonprofit Nature Conservancy has teamed up with an adventure tourism company doing treetop tours. WSJ's Kris Mahar reports.
10 Great places to zipline! January 2010
"Few things beat soaring through the air on a cable over rich forests, bubbling rivers and native wildlife. With your adrenaline pumping as you glide above breathtaking landscapes, you'll hardly worry about how far you are from the ground." Corie Russell
Popular Mechanics, August 2009
"By the time I glide onto the Almost Heaven platform - at 90 feet, the course's highest perch - I've zipped along 3430 feet of able and teetered across five sky bridges so high I could see into squirrel nests. I'm no longer chewing on my stomach with the first steps out of the trees, no longer scared to look down. Instead, I jump eagerly from the platforms. Hands off the harness, I spin in midair. I can't wait to fly." T. Edward Nickens
TreeTops Canopy Tour opened May 1, 2009 with a world class full canopy tour program designed by international leader Bonsai Designs. The course is located at our newly expanded adventure resort: home to Class VI-Mountain River and Rivermen. This half day adventure includes 10 Ziplines, 5 Sky Bridges, 1 Rappel, and 3 Short Hikes. You'll spend 3 1/2 hours in the old growth hemlock and hardwoods forest of pristine Mill Creek Canyon, immediately adjacent to the awe-inspiring New River Gorge.
Check out the action and scenery in the TreeTops Canopy Tour!
Equal Parts Exhilaration and Natural Splendor.
- Immersion in a 200 Year Old Hemlock and Hardwoods Forest.
- Soar Over Beautiful Mill Creek Canyon on 10 Ziplines, 5 Sky Bridges and 1 Rappel.
- State-of-the-Art Equipment, Course Design, and Safety Procedures.
- Certified Guides.
- The Best Way to Experience the TreeTops!
- Year Round Fun: Spring, Summer, Fall & Winter! It's a Different Experience Each Season.
Sounds like a World Class Canopy Tour!
You’ll start out with a short hike to the beginning of the course where you'll learn how to travel on a zipline. You'll do a short orientation zipline that is only a few feet off the ground. This is a great way to experience what the full course will be like. After that, you’re off to skybridges, ziplines, and hikes across Mill Creek Gorge, adjacent to the New River Gorge. You will end your adventure with a rappel down from the final platform! A short shuttle brings you back.
- Canopy Tours depart daily and last for approximately 31/2 hours.
- Tours include 2 professional guides and 8 participants.
- Adding the Treetops Canopy Tour to your West Virginia vacation plans is incredibly easy! Check out our West Virginia Vacation Packages to find the perfect one for you and your group of family or friends.
- Read more about TreeTops Canopy Tour.
- Find out more about our On The Gorge Adventure Resort, the expanded home of world-class adventure companies Class VI-Mountain River and Rivermen, the only West Virginia adventure resort located right on the rim of the majestic New River Gorge.
Right in southern West Virginia... so much closer than you think!
| Spent the afternoon zipping thru the air on the canopy tour zipline. Everyone was right, I LOVED IT! I was super scared initially, but eventually I loosened up and had a riot of a good time. The guides and staff were fantastic. TWO THUMBS UP! Londa J. May 9, 2009 |
