Today is a special day — Leap Day — and it only comes around when certain conditions align roughly every four years. If we didn’t observe it, our entire calendar system would slowly crumble and, within a few centuries, Christmas would be observed in mid-summer.
Leap Day got us thinking of ways to take actual leaps around Portland. Reach new heights and make the most of these extra 24 hours with one of our recommendations — or you can always just bound over a puddle.
Bounce
Urban Air Trampoline and Adventure Park, 7809 NE Vancouver Plaza Dr., Ste. 100, Vancouver, WA
This newly opened, all-ages indoor recreation center has go-karts, a ropes course, and climbing walls, but if you want to experience weightlessness (and literally bounce off the walls), check out the ProZone Performance Trampolines.
Sky Zone Trampoline Park, 2990 NE Hogan Dr., Gresham
Hone your balance on the giant air-filled balls, swing from a trapeze into a foam pit, or practice the five Ds of dodgeball on a whole new airborne level.
Jump
Bungee Masters, Northeast Healy Road and Northeast Belvins Road, Amboy, WA
Take a leap of (calculated and controlled) faith from a bridge nearly 200 ft above a river.
Fly
PNW Skydiving, Mulino State Airport, 26750 S. Airport Rd., Mulino
Check off a bucket list experience with the help of a tandem instructor who will be with you through every moment of freefall.
Skydive Oregon, 12150 OR-211, Molalla
What’s the quickest way to get from 14,500 ft to the PNW’s largest private airport dedicated to skydiving? You guessed it.
iFLY Indoor Skydiving, 10645 SW Greenburg Rd.
Feel the thrill of falling — minus the whole jumping-out-of-an-airplane and hurtling-toward-the-ground thing — in a fully enclosed wind tunnel.
