The best view of Colorado? Some swear it’s from the seat of a harness, somewhere high dangling from steel cables, where the mountains meet adrenaline.

Get a rush and a view on these eight zip lines:

Soaring Adventure, Colorado Springs

It’s one thing to see Seven Falls and Cheyenne Canyon from the ground. It’s another to see Colorado’s so-called “Grandest Mile of Scenery” from the sky. The Broadmoor’s high-altitude tour includes multiple zip lines as long as 1,800 feet and a thin suspension bridge between the canyon’s rocky promontories.

Pikes Peak Ziplines, Manitou Springs

A leader in guiding, Adventures Out West hosts a tour among the varied wilds of Pikes Peak. The company bills it as a choose-your-own adventure tour, allowing one to run, jump or crawl over cliffs and hang upright or upside down along five zip lines. The journey awaits atop a rough road reached via Jeep.

Treehouse Adventure Park, Bailey

West of Denver, the park “closely resembles an Ewok village or a Swiss Family Robinson treehouse,” by its own description. The imagination can run wild as kids and kids at heart navigate a “treehouse” beyond their dreams. They zip between ponderosa pines, scale ladders and walk across rustic bridges.

Royal Gorge Zipline Tours, Cañon City

It’s not just America’s highest bridge crossing the Royal Gorge. There’s also a gondola, which recently added a see-through floor. But nothing matches the thrill of the zip lines, nine of them here over one of Colorado’s greatest natural marvels. The tour ends with a side-by-side racing line running 1,000 feet.

Captain Zipline, Wellsville

Lost Canyon was worthy of the zip line that claims to be the first in Colorado. Six lines roam the remote and rocky realm east of Salida, with features called “Leap of Faith” and “Eagles Roost” overlooking the Arkansas River and distant Sangre de Cristo peaks. The canyon is also home to a massive ropes course.

Top of the Rockies Zip Line, Leadville

Of course there’s a zip line in Leadville, North America’s highest incorporated city near 10,200 feet. And of course the zip line is named Top of the Rockies, alluding to the highest Rockies in view as the wind rushes on the face. From a deck above 11,000 feet, three side-by-side lines kick off the elevated tour.

Glenwood Canyon Zipline, Glenwood Springs

The Colorado River-carved Glenwood Canyon is another of the state’s top postcard landmarks. And it, too, is fittingly home to an aerial adventure. The “express zip” starts with a climb up a tower, atop which one steps off to fly over the river and meet a suspension bridge, which leads to another zip.

Durango Adventures, Durango

Here’s another way to admire the San Juan Mountains of southwest Colorado — via zip lines that fly over stately, evergreen treetops. The 12-line tour also sells the chance to “conquer a rope bridge” and free-fall 45 feet from a tower. The rewards continue for about three hours after a short hike to the course.