Across Costa Rica, you see billboard signs offering Canopy Tours, otherwise known as a zipline. It’s an exhilarating ride, especially when you’re socked into the cloud forest on an almost kilometer-long flight through the woods and can barely see anything around you, including the next platform to land. In rare moments when the clouds lift, you look down and spot the lush ferns, moss-covered tree trunks and vines that dangle down from the unruly ficus trees. Go with a reputable company like Selvatura. Or venture to Costa Rica’s Pacific Coast to spot monkeys and sloths in the jungle-like interior. Now ziplines are starting to pop up in North America. If you’re headed to Whistler next February to catch the Winter Olympics, try the year round zipline that cruises across Fitzsimmons Creek from Whistler to Blackcomb. Offered by Ziptrek Ecotours, it’s the longest zipline in North America.