DZs around Denver / Colorado Springs

[Ralph_W 0]

Will be in Denver/Colorade Springs Area of the weekend of September 16/17. Jumped at Mile-Hi, nice place but now want to check out the other DZs in the area.

DZ.com lists the following places:
- Out of the Blue - Calhan
- Skydive Colorado - Penrose
- High Sky Adventures - Penrose
- Rocky Mountain Skidiving - La Salle
- Skydive Empire - Fort Morgan

Any recomondations/opinions on these places?
Any other dropzones around worth considering?

Thanks for the advice

Blues Skies

Ralph

Silence is golden. www.bt-ag.ch

[cjdskydiver 4]

I highly recommend Out of the Blue. They have an awesome King Air that climbs like an elevator. It's a B200, which has a high T-tail.

Skydive Empire closed several years ago.

[skiNEwhere 0]

I will second OOTB.

Main differences. Mile-Hi is 5,000 MSL, OOTB is 6,100. So max you're gonna get at OOTB is 11.5-11.8k AGL, vs 12.5k at Mile-Hi. A full jump ticket at mile-hi costs $28 vs $25 at OOTB.

I didn't see Roaring Fork Skydivers in that list, that's a really cool 182 DZ that operates IN the rockies, but last I checked their plane needed some major repairs and they were having to borrow a plane, so I would call first.

BTW....OOTB has heli-jumps this weekend!!

EDIT: Didn't see you mention you jumped at mile-hi. Personally I've noticed that the landings are a little bit faster at OOTB

Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it

[Ralph_W 0]

Thanks for the feedback in the forum and via PM.

I jumped at OOTB yesterday. Geat please, friendly people, cool DZ. Can highly recomend it. Much nicer than Mile High

Blue Skies

Ralph

Silence is golden. www.bt-ag.ch

[cjdskydiver 4]

Glad you were able to make it and had a fun time! I concur with your assessment.