Berkshire East Canopy Tours

A Perfect Entry Level Tour

Approximately 1 hour*

Not sure if zipping is for you? Uncertain if you want to tempt fate? Nervous of heights? The Base Area Tour is where you test those thoughts out. The Base Area Tour is located in front of the Main Lodge, consists of three elevated platforms, connected by two sets of dual racing cables, 380' and 570' feet long.  This course provides a perfect introduction to zipping for those of you who may not be sold on heights, zipping, how your kids will react, price, and time. 

If you book a Mountain Top or Valley Jump Tour in person or on the phone, and you have already completed a Base Area Tour, we will sell your next booking at a group rate. 

For everybody else, we recommend the Mountain Top or Valley Jump Tours. The Base Area Tour begins with a short walk from the base lodge to the first platform. Base Area Tour participants must be at least 8 years old and weigh between 70 and 275 pounds.

 Price: Adult $30 / Child age 8 - 11 $20 / Military $20 / Group $20

Our Most Popular Adventure

Approximately 3 hours*

The Mountain Top Tour is our most popular tour. It's got a lot for everydody; Long zips, gorgeous views, beautiful forests, 45' high towers, see-through metal grate platforms and two relaxing lift rides. To start, guests ride the chairlift to the summit, where they can enjoys the views while suiting up for their trip. A short walk through the woods brings you to seven unique cables crossing the southern ridge of Mount Institute. Lines range from 250' to 800' feet in length.

A combination of ground and platform take-offs and landings and dual lines make this tour a wonderful zip line tour. Experience our mountain ecosystem on 2 short hikes through the woods.

The Mountain Top tour fills up the quickest on the weekends and features design elements of both the Base Area Tour and Valley Jump Tour.

After finishing the tour, guests enjoy a second chairlift ride back down to the base of the mountain. To enjoy this wonderful tour, participants must be at least 8 years old and weigh between 70 and 275 pounds.

The Best of the Best

Approximately 3.5 hours*

Do you crave adrenaline? Are you ready to be blown away? Look no further. This adreline pumping experience starts with a chairlift ride to the summit of Mt. Institute, where your guides prep you and your buddies for the first four, single cable zips, each ranging in length from 700' to 1100'. These cables are within the canopy of the forest, close to the ground and really, really fast. As each zip passes, the length and speed that you travel increases and your endorphines start pump, and as you walk up the hill from Valley Jump you suddenly walk into a clearing and get your first glimpse of X1 and X2 (FYI, this is where your group collectively gasps, HOLY $>#**(!!!!)

X1 (Extreme Zip 1) is 2300' in length. Similar to the old Denice the Menice cartoons, this zip crosses a ski trail, crosses a road, crosses two hundred year old stone walls, clears a stream, vaults you 156' over a forest, then brings you to rest in a grassy meadow, where you realize you have just cleared the valley between the ski area and a mountainside close to half a mile away! WOW! 

X1, my friends is just a warmup. After a beautiful (5-10 minuntes) hike uphill, X2 (Extreme Zip 2) brings you back to the ski area on a cable that is 2600' in length and is a very deceptive (meaning it feels a whole heck of a lot higher) 186' in the air. With speeds in excess of 50 mph, this zip is the culmination of the tour and is the ultimate zip in all of New England. On the lift ride down, the beautiful mountain tops on the north and south of the Deerfield River bookend one of the most gorgous views in Southern New England. Certainly a great way to wind down after one of the most intense bursts of endorphines adrenaline thought a person can experience.

Valley Jumping Tour participants must be at least 12 years old and weigh between 100 and 260 pounds.

Price: Adult $110 / Child age 12+ $110 / Military $85 / Group $85