Six Zipline Runs Over Lost Canyon, With Hikes in Between
Six ziplines strung across a sandstone canyon outside Salida, with a short hike between each one and a guide reading the rock.
The walk between the lines is part of this tour. Six ziplines are strung across a sandstone canyon off US 50 east of Salida, and you hike from one to the next while a guide reads the rock layers and the plants growing out of them.
Two hours, six lines, and the ground in between is loose and uneven. The operator calls this its least physically demanding course. That still means holding yourself upright in a harness and walking up moderate inclines under your own power.
Helmets and harnesses come with the booking. Everyone starts with ground school, and guides check each person's gear before the first line.
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The six lines are hung for height. The company describes them as carrying significant height exposure, and the canyon walls here are sandstone that the road cut exposes on the way in.
Between the lines you walk, and the guides use those gaps to cover the geology, the natural history, and what grows in this stretch of canyon. The format is active participation: you complete ground school, then show you can use the equipment, control your speed, and follow guide signals.
Who Gets On, and What It Asks of You
The floor is weight, then age. The operator sets a 55-pound minimum and lists five as the youngest age, with no upper limit. The booking form on this page opens its youth band at six and needs an adult on the reservation. One booking takes up to fifteen travelers.
Riders manage themselves on the course. The operator asks that participants perform tour activities independently of an aid or parent, and its own benchmark is being comfortable hiking a brisk mile and climbing a sixteen-foot ladder, neither of which the tour itself requires.
The listing marks it unsuitable for travelers with spinal injuries, for pregnant travelers, and for travelers with poor cardiovascular health. Spectators can come along if they sign the waiver and stay in the designated areas.
Weather Rarely Cancels This
Captain Zipline's written policy is to run rain or shine, snow or blow, and it hands out ponchos. Lightning, heavy icing, high wind and extreme cold get a delay first, up to an hour, with cancellation only after that. When the company does cancel, it offers a full refund or a reschedule, and it calls you.
Dress for standing around as well as moving. Closed-toe shoes are required, skirts and dresses are not allowed, and long hair needs a tie. The company asks you to leave valuables and jewelry at home, and it does not take responsibility for anything lost on the tour.
Getting There Is Part of the Planning
The turn is County Road 7 at mile marker 227 on US 50, marked by a small sign reading Wellsville. From there it is a bridge, then just under a mile of maintained dirt road, then a left onto County Road 54 for the last half mile into the parking lot. The listing adds a landmark for that final stretch: an old mining operation on the left before the road drops into the lot.
Load your route before you go. The operator states there is no phone service as you get close. One more thing the company flags: do not turn off US 50 at Howard, which dead-ends at the river.
📍 Check-in is at the Captain Zipline Visitor Center, 520 County Road 54, Salida, and the meeting point is the same place the tour ends.
Check-in is 30 minutes before the departure time, and tours leave on time. The operator's own rule is that no refunds are issued for late arrival, and that it will try to move you onto a later departure that day if one has room.
Booking through this page closes at 4:00 PM the day before, and cancelling at least 24 hours ahead returns the full amount. Confirmation is instant. Two hours later you are back in the lot with the canyon behind you, and Salida is about five miles west on US 50.