Couer d'Alaine Part II: Ziplining with Timerline Adventures

We decided to try ziplining after a quick Google search of things to do in Couer d'Alaine led us to Timberline Adventures. We were fortunate to get the last two spots on the tour- they advise you to book a week in advance.

We were not really sure what to expect.  Neither of us is great at heights, but zipping through the trees just sounded like so much fun!

When you get there, they fit you for your harness and helmet.  They have weight limits, and yes, they do weigh you when you check in! Eeeep!

Once everyone is fitted, they zoom you away in a van.  Then, when the road gets too rough, you change to a UTV.  After a bumpy ride up the mountain, we were at the first line.  However, we had to wait for it to stop hailing.  Yep- we got caught outside in a hailstorm! We were pretty thankful for our helmets.  All the pictures were taken by Timberline employees.  We did not want to risk losing our phones or camera, so we left them at the main office.  If you have a GoPro camera, this would be an excellent place to play with it! 

Our tour guides- Luke and Mallory 

Our entire group

Cathy and Kirk in our finery

There were seven zip lines and two sky bridges. The zips were pretty fun and not as scary as we thought they were going to be.  They really hook you to the line, and you're strapped in well.  They also told us all the weight that everything was rated to hold. (Spoiler alert: a lot!) The only really scary part for us were the sky bridges!

Here we are on a sky bridge.  We don't want to look down, but we also don't want to step off the side.  We were hooked on, so we were fine...but creepy! 

On the second to last line, we went backwards so we could get pictures of us zipping.  Cathy was not a fan of backward zipping.

She managed to smile long enough for this picture, but was shaking when she got off. 

Kirk did not mind as much.

 The last line was the longest- 1600 feet and 300 feet in the air.  It was a pretty epic finish to a great zip course. It took about two and a half hours, and was time well spent. We'd do it again in a heartbeat!