Flights are available year-round
Granby, Estes Park
Colorado
Top 10 Most Beautiful Places to Balloon in the US & World!
Year-Round Hot Air Balloon Rides Colorado
Colorado Hot Air Balloon Rides include:
- Traditional Champagne Toast Celebrating Man’s 1st Flight
Rate: $425 per person
Book online on the Reservations Page
Flights are approximately one hour, depending on landing site availability, wind direction, and fuel consumption. Flights are scheduled at sunrise when the atmosphere is most stable and breezes are gentle. Mornings are the best time of the day in the Colorado Rocky Mountains! Get up with us and enjoy a Rocky Mountain sunrise over the Continental Divide. It’s one you won’t want to miss!
Choose us for the Colorado balloon ride you have always dreamed about! We want your Balloon experience to be the best! Many of our 1st-time Aeronauts are return customers as no 2 flights are ever the same!
Flying the Rockies for 30 years in Grand County.
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Colorado Balloon Rides at its Best!
Exclusive family & friends flights offered. Reserve the entire balloon for your adventure!
10 Best USA & World’s Most Beautiful Places!
TripAdvisor Travelers Choice Award 2020 & Certificate of Excellence!
One of Colorado‘s Best Kept Secrets!
With Grand Adventure Balloon Tours you can discover it from above it all! Climb aboard your lighter-than-air craft to see the most amazing views in Colorado! Not only does this location have the closest and best views into Rocky Mountain National Park. Above all, it is a Colorado Best Balloon Experience that offers fewer crowds, more wildlife, and some of the best views of majestic Rocky Mountain Peaks!
Colorado’s Closest Year-round Mountain Ballooning to Denver, Winter Park, Breckenridge, Grand Lake, & Estes Park.
Mesmerizing Panoramic Views!
Located in the Heart of the Colorado Rockies, where it is set on the ridge of the Continental Divide (highest point in North America), and the edge of RMNP. Therefore, it has an abundance of Colorado wildlife, Colorado History and so much more. Open year-round. Winter, Summer, Spring, Fall, every month is spectacular over the Rockies! Also, it is the closest mountain balloon ride to Denver, Boulder, the Front Range, Breckenridge, Keystone, Winter Park, Granby, Grand Lake, & Estes Park.
Our flights launch in Fraser Colorado in the heart of the Colorado Rockies, which is conveniently located about a 1.5-hour drive from Denver, Boulder, Breckenridge, Frisco, Silverthorne, Dillon, Keystone, and Copper. Only 10 minutes from Winter Park Resort, Granby Ranch, and 5 minutes from locations in Winter Park and Fraser. Located 30 minutes from Grand Lake, the West entrance to RMNP, and 1 hour 45 minutes from Estes Park, Colorado, the east entrance to the park. See our Rides Page
Please see Google Maps on our contact page, it shows in green the majestic mountain ranges that will surround you during your flight. Our mountain ranges aren’t off in the barren distance. Fraser Valley ranges are big, bold, and beautiful! So if you want a real feel of flying in the mountains, come ballooning with us! And, get carried away on a Grand Adventure Balloon Tour in beautiful Grand County, the West entrance to one of the most magical places on Earth!
The location makes the difference and our views are unmatchable! Mountain flying is some of the best ballooning available! Gentle & wonderful for all ages 6-100.
A Colorado Hot Air Balloon Ride with Grand Adventure is like no other, we are exclusive to this spectacular Rocky Mountain Region! Come Fly with Us on a Grand Adventure & Explore Something Grand!
To visit Colorado without seeing our amazing area & views of Rocky Mountain NationalPark is to miss one of the most lovely places Colorado has to offer!
Perfect Safety Record FAA Commercial High Hour Pilot. We have an Impeccable Safety Record.
State of the Art Equipment
Our FAA Commercial Balloon Pilot has a perfect safety record. Captain Jack has flown all over the Country in places known for ballooning like Napa Valley. This spot in Colorado is his favorite! He has been sharing the beautiful Fraser Valley location with both young and old for over 30 years. You will always fly with Captain Jack, he is a highly experienced pilot and no one else will be flying the balloon. As mentioned in the reviews, Captain Jack has a way of making his 1st time aeronauts feel comfortable. He has flown 1000’s people who are afraid of heights, conquering their fear. Captain Jack’s informative Colorado Mountain Tour of the Rockies and the peaceful views put you at ease.
We don’t just say we have a perfect safety record, we do and our #1 priority is yours. Our experienced pilot knows exactly how to adjust the altitude to hitch a ride on a friendly breeze going their way. While the flight paths of the balloons vary with the direction and speeds of the winds, the balloons may not land in the same location each day. Every balloon ride is a unique journey of its own! Therefore, a chase vehicle follows each balloon and a trained crew is on hand at the end of a flight to assist with the landing, to pack up the balloon, and to transport the passengers back to their vehicles.
- Hot air balloon rides are weather permitting, therefore we recommend trying early during your stay.
- Colorado balloon rides take place in the morning when breezes are gentle and the atmosphere is most stable.
- The lift-off is so gentle that many people do not realize that they have left Mother Earth.
Peaceful Easy Feeling!
Because you become one with the wind, you lose the sensations of movement and perception of heights, you begin to feel the peacefulness and tranquility of ballooning.
Low-level contour flying allows spotting wildlife, picking pinecones from treetops, flying over the train, stagecoach stops, and splash and dashing in a nearby pond or river. At higher altitudes, spectacular peaks into RMNP are seen. Due to this amazing spot, you will feel like you’re on top of the World with some of the most amazing views of the Colorado Rockies. For 100 miles you will view into 7 counties which include Grand, Routt, Summit, Clear Creek, Gilpin, and Boulder Counties of Colorado are seen. Furthermore, all tours include the history of the area, man’s first flight, & the science of ballooning.
After the flight you will be close to many other Colorado Activities Including:
Summer
- Rocky Mountain National Park Highest Road N. America to Estes Park
- Some of the Best Places for Wildlife Viewing. We have the map to share!
- Hot Sulphur Springs
- Colorado River Rafting
- Horseback Riding
- Mountain Bike Capital
- Hiking
- Fishing
- Grand Lake, Colorado’s West Entrance to RMNP
- Historical Villages Enjoy Georgetown
- Georgetown Loop Train
- Boating Rentals/Tours
- Golfing
Winter
- World Class Skiing Winter Park Resort
- Granby Ranch Resort
- Devils Thumb Ranch Top Rated X Country Skiing
- Snowmobiling
- Hot Sulphur Springs
- Sleigh Rides
- Snow Tubing
- Ice Skating
- Dog Sledding
- Snow Cat Skiing
- Rocky Mountain National Park
- Historical Georgetown & the Georgetown Loop
Celebrate a Special Occasion
A Colorado hot air balloon ride is a great way to celebrate! We love to make dreams come true every day! That is what we do cause we love it! Celebrate a special occasion or make any occasion special! A Birthday, Engagement, Anniversary, Life, or a Life. We hope to have the opportunity to share our personal world-class adventure with you. We are confident that your Colorado balloon ride memories will last a lifetime. See our popular blog on engagements
See Colorado from Above it All!
Just imagine that nothing comes as close to a magic carpet ride as a balloon flight. Every morning at sunrise the skies are brightened by a hot air balloon taking off from the Winter Park/Fraser Valley Area. Passengers’ excitement begins to build as they gather to watch the balloon being inflated. First of all, you’ll get into the basket. The pilot heats the air inside the balloon until it becomes “lighter than air.” As a result of this heating, the balloon will gracefully ascend, affording magnificent views of the mountains.
In addition to the awesome beauty of the valley illuminated by the clear morning light, the sensation which impresses most first-time aeronauts is the absence of any perception of motion. Therefore, it is a sense of suspended animation, of being one with the wonders of nature.
Winter Ballooning
Colorado Winter Balloon Rides
In addition, Colorado balloon rides are available year-round in the Rocky Mountains. When people hear about hot air ballooning in Colorado during the winter months, the first thing they say is “it must be cold up there.” As a matter of fact, in the Winter Park valley, we get a temperature inversion. Because warm air rises and the cold air sinks to the valley floor. Therefore, Aeronauts often experience temperatures of 30 to 40 degrees warmer in flight than on the ground. So dress as if you were going skiing or snowmobiling. Therefore, you will be comfortable and may even find yourself peeling off a layer.
