Tandem Jump in Utah

Utah is a state built for the view from under a canopy. Most of the drop zones cluster along the Wasatch Front, near Ogden and Tooele, and what they put below you is hard to beat: the pale sheet of the Great Salt Lake, the sawtooth of the Wasatch peaks, and high desert running out beyond both. The clear, dry weather through the warm months keeps operations steady, which works for a first-time tandem student and a licensed fun jumper alike.

New to it? A tandem is the way in. You get short ground school, then you're harnessed to an instructor who runs the whole thing from exit to landing. Operations here work to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and United States Parachute Association (USPA) standards, which is the reassurance most first-timers are looking for. And the scenery does the rest, Utah's landscape from altitude is a lot of the reason people leave wanting a second jump.