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BALLOONING

Visitors shouldn’t be surprised to wake up to the colorful and elegant image of a hot air balloon floating across Winthrop Washington skyline. 

Winthrop Washington hot air balloons

Tours offer visitors the unforgettable experience of seeing the Methow Valley’s spectacular landscape from a bird’s-eye view.  Private and group flights are available.  The experience starts just after sunrise and lasts about three hours including an end-of-flight gourmet picnic back on the ground.  It’s the perfect way to get the lay of the land at the beginning of a Methow vacation, or conclude a visit with a storybook ending.

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“We fly in the morning when the winds are calmest. Your adventure begins from the town of Winthrop. Hot drinks are served while the crew inflates and prepares for flight. Each journey is unique, combining low level views over the treetops with spectacular panoramic views from higher elevations. There is little feeling of movement as we gently drift with the wind.”
–Kurt & Melinda Oakley

Don’t miss the first weekend in March with the annual Winthrop Balloon Roundup.  Balloons from all around the Pacific Northwest travel to Winthrop to fill the morning skies with a colorful, warm glow. This is a photographic event not to be missed!  This event is free to view. Please RSPV here.

Interested in booking a flight? Contact Snohomish Balloon Ride, Balloon Depot or Seattle Ballooning! Flights for this event tend to fill up in November.

Interesting in bringing a balloon to the roundup? Contact Snohomish Balloon Ride.

Spring roundup


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Fly with our commercially licensed pilots in a colorful hot air balloon! Our guests help us with the inflation, then rise above the earth on a safe, yet exciting and exhilarating flight. The flights start soon after sunrise or just before sunset when the air is at its calmest. As the balloons can only drift with the wind once they are launched, we make our ascent upwind of an area known to have a large number of good landing sites. For this reason our launch sites vary depending on the wind direction at flight time. Flights are of course weather permitting. We at the BALLOON DEPOT have been flying in the beautiful valleys of the Puget Sound region since 1978; this long, accident-free experience enables us to provide you with the best possible flight. We may brush through the treetops, sweep down over a field of wildflowers, skim over a pond, or climb high above the earth for a spectacular view. Each flight is a unique experience
Balloon Depot

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