Zip Line Tours

West Virginia's First Zip Line

Soar through the air on our most popular off-river adventure! Put one foot in front of the other and be mid-flight before you know it. There is nothing like flying through the trees, hands free, like Peter Pan or Superman.

• West Virginia's oldest and most innovative course.
• New zips and sky bridge added this year.
• Over a mile long cliff-side adventure.
• Our course features double zips, allowing you to zip side-by-side at speeds up to 40 mph.
  • Longest zip line to date: 800 feet (2011 new!)
  • Highest zip line off the ground: 100 feet
• Gravity breaking system for easier hands-free launching and dismounting.
• Professional guides on every tour.
• Our network of zip lines stretch along the rim of the gorge, offering spectacular views of the New River more than 800' below.
• Course built with green engineering.
• Tours available year round.
• In addition, we also have a 250-foot sky bridge, dual 45-foot plunge lines and double tree house decks on our recently completed 50-foot tower.

Call for group rates and adventure packages 800.950.2585

What’s Included

• Safety certified Yates harness.
• Static sling lines/pulley.
• Pretzl high adventure helmet.

Guidelines

• Guests must wear closed toe shoes.
• Guests must be in moderately good physical condition.
• Maximum weight: 250 lbs.
• Minimum weight: 70 lbs.

After fitting your equipment and leaving the Climbing Barn, a short on-property bus ride takes you to the start of our West Virginia Zip Line Tour.

• All of our zips have dual lines so you can race your friends to the finish.
  
• All of our lines are calibrated (angled) and use gravity breaks. For maximun speed, the hands free break system allows you to ball-up to go faster or spread your arms and legs out (starfish style) to slow down and adjust your speed.

Here's a zip-by-zip rundown of what you can expect to find out there in the treetops:

Zip 1: Parallel Plunge

This newest dual line launches you and your friends with a whopping 490-foot long zip through the trees on the rim of the New River Gorge. This line offers your first glimpse of historic Thurmond, an old railroad town with rich history and legendary characters; it is the only surviving town in the Gorge.

• Great overlook here of the gorge, mountains and Thurmond.

Zip 2: Cruise Control

This is a brand new, 380-foot line that keeps the adrenaline flowing. Located on the lip of the New River Gorge, this line offers spectacular river and mountain views. From Zip 2’s dismount platform, you can see Jump Rock on the Upper New River, a guest favorite on NARR rafting trips.

• Another great overlook of the gorge.

Zip 3: Rigor Mortis

This one looks to be one of the new stars of the tour. This zip is a 680-feet long and over 100-feet above the ground. This line is also one of the fastest, reaching speeds of up to 40 miles-per-hour! White water rafters on the New River can see you zipping through the trees far above them, so don't forget to wave.

• Best mid-flight view of the gorge while zipping - good luck taking a photo ;)

Zip 4: Mighty Mouse

Perched on top of our Climbing Area Entrance, this line is over 200-feet long and 40-feet high. It offers moderate speeds, giving you a great view into the Rush Run Canyon and the Gorge.

Zip 5: Sunshine

This zip steps it up with a much steeper angle. It takes you flying on a 200-foot breathtaking ride from White Wall to Natural Arch rock formations. Clinging to the cliffs nearly 60-feet in the air, you will pass an old Hemlock, affectionately known as Graybeard.

• There are two spectacular overlooks here. The first one provides an excellent view of historic Thurmond, while the other overlook peers downstream toward Fire Creek pool where the ruins of many old New River Gorge ghost towns can be found along the river’s edge.

Zip 6: The Racer

This is a super fun, incredibly challenging 270-foot dual zip-line that lets two people race side-by-side to the finish line. Who will have the bragging rights for the rest of your trip? You gotta zip to find out.

• This was our orginial, and only, dual zip. Due to it's popularity, it was the inspiration for our complete course overhaul (2010), making all of our zips dual racers. Good luck.
  

Wobble Bridge

A fun Swinging Bridge about one-and-a-half-feet wide, this 150-foot long wooden bridge gives adventurers a change of pace with unique views of their surroundings. It does wobble, but it has rope and cable railings on both sides. Don't worry. You'll be clipped in to the safety cable overhead the entire time.

Zip 7: Boulderdash

This is a crazy 525-foot “blind” zip. Your guides have to communicate by walkie-talkie to give the all clear because you literally can't see the end. A great thrill as you zip to who knows where...

• Specially calibrated to maximize your speed this unique dual zip has two settings. One zip is for those weighing 130 pounds or less while the other zip is for those who weigh more than 130 pounds.
• You can ball up to go faster or spread your arms and legs (starfish style) to slow yourself down.
  

Zip 8: Terminal Velocity

New 2011! After a short hike (a tenth of a mile with a sustained moderate uphill grade) we come to the biggest and fastest zip of the day. Everything else has been a warm up for this monster. At over 800-feet long and over 100-feet off the ground, this zip will blow you away as you soar across the beautiful Rush Run Canyon. There is no way to describe the pure thrill of this one. You are going to have to experience it yourself. If you dare!

Sky Bridge

New 2011! This graceful suspension bridge is over 250-feet long (almost a football field), high above the Rush Run Creek (a native trout stream), providing breathtaking views of the surrounding forested mountains. Maybe it's because it seems like your are floating in air, but for some reason everyone seems to whisper as they cross this bridge?

Drop Tower

New 2011! At the end of the bridge you come to a really cool 50-foot tall, dual-decked tree house that marks the end of your journey. Take your time as you enjoy more great views and get ready for the final zip...

Zip 9: The Plunge

New 2011! The final zip is one of the most unique and thrilling. As you sit on the edge of the deck and build up enough nerve for the "leap-of-faith", dropping off the edge for that monmentary free-fall feeling and plunging the final 45-feet to the ground, you will be wondering why this short zip makes you the most nervous. It is an awesome ending to a great day of zipping.

A short hike to the bus ends your incredible adventure of soaring through the trees. NARR's Zip Lines in West Virginia? An experience you will never forget.

Up Coming

Our Zip Line has a great future. We will continue to refine and develop our zips each year. We will contine with our green engineering and hopefully all of our hard work will pay off and you will have a great experience and come back year after year.

Pioneering the first Zip Line in West Virginia we have learned and grown since then. Our original course was modeled after the standard design - cabling trees for anchor points. As the zipping popularity grew into the thousands, the health of our trees came into question. The cable constriction was causing too much stress - it was time to rethink the structure of our tour.

We searched for the most innovative and experienced person in the industry and found Mike Fischesser. He came with 40 years of zip line knowledge. Instead of anchoring trees, he created free-standing A-frame structures. They blend effortlessly into the landscape and saved our trees from certain demise.

Best of all, this seemingly simple design maintains the hands-free braking system that makes zipping with NARR so effortless and allows for double zips and racing your friends to the finish. Our cable system is calibrated to gradually reduce the zipper's speed without the need for manual intervention. What does that mean for you - more time to enjoy the view.