Most people today have experienced flying thanks to modern air travel. The YMCA Union Park Camp in Dubuque, though, is actually one place where experiencing a different version of flight is possible, as long as you are willing to attach yourself to a cable and make one leap-of-faith after another.

First opened in 2011 and located just minutes from historic downtown Dubuque, Sky Tours is a zipline canopy tour that is a wholly owned project of the Dubuque Community YMCA. The course was created by Experienced-Based Learning Inc. and is designed to take advantage of the natural valleys, ravines, hillsides and bluffs over about 50 of the camp’s...