Grand Canyon Skywalk
The views of the Grand Canyon are spectacular from just about any angle, however none are as thrilling as wanting by way of the glass walkway that juts out over the Canyon’s western rim; the horseshoe-shaped path is suspended 4,000 toes (shudder) above the canyon flooring. Excursions embrace a hop-on, hop-off shuttle bus ticket that takes you to the Skywalk in addition to viewpoints again on terra firma.
CN Tower
On the CN Tower, solely two-and-a-half inches of glass separate you from town of Toronto 1,122 toes beneath. (Don’t fear—they are saying the glass is robust sufficient to resist the burden of 35 moose.) If wanting a quarter-mile straight down isn’t sufficient of a thrill, take a stroll alongside the CN Tower’s EdgeWalk, a five-foot-wide outside platform—with no handrails, only a security harness—116 tales above the bottom.
Tokyo Skytree
The tallest constructing on this planet (for some time, a minimum of) when it opened in Might 2012, the Tokyo Skytree delivers a sprawling view of Tokyo and Mount Fuji past. The primary commentary deck—1,148 toes excessive—has a piece of glass flooring that provides the feeling that you simply’re floating over town. Greater nonetheless, on the 450th flooring, is the second commentary deck (requiring a second admission ticket) with 360-degree panoramic views.
Glacier Skywalk
One of many latest glass-floored points of interest, the Glacier Skywalk within the Canadian Rockies, doesn’t open to the general public till Might 1. When it does, you’ll undoubtedly wish to add it to your must-do listing. The curved walkway extends 100 toes off the sting of a cliff, holding regular 918 toes above the Sunwapta Valley. From the commentary platform, you possibly can see out throughout the valley and up into the mountains of Jasper Nationwide Park.
Spinnaker Tower
The Spinnaker Tower is a vacation spot unto itself, rising greater than the London Eye, Blackpool Tower, and Huge Ben. Take within the view of Portsmouth Harbor from any of three commentary decks; the primary hosts the 328-foot-high Sky Stroll with a see-through flooring. The third-floor Sky Deck, 360 toes above sea stage, is uncovered to the weather, so you possibly can really feel the ocean breeze as you look out over the water.
Kinzua Sky Walk
The Kinzua Sky Stroll was as soon as a railroad bridge, used to move coal, oil, and lumber throughout Pennsylvania’s Kinzua Gorge. When a strong twister destroyed the bridge in 2003, it was rebuilt as a pedestrian walkway, with glass panels put in so guests can look down into the gorge. You additionally get a pleasant, lengthy stroll over the wilderness, because the Sky Stroll extends for 624 toes.
Step Into the Void
Guests enter a glass dice the scale of a cellphone sales space that extends off the sting of Aiguille du Midi within the French Alps. The elevation: a staggering 12,605 toes. From there, you possibly can see Mount Blanc and different alpine peaks, the mountain climbers making an attempt to summit—and a 3,300-foot drop instantly beneath.
The Edge at Eureka Skydeck 88
The Eureka Tower claims to be the tallest residential tower in your entire Southern Hemisphere. You’ll be able to take within the view from the 360-degree commentary deck or open-air terrace, however, for a little bit bit of additional money, you possibly can step into The Edge—a glass dice that stands proud practically 10 toes from the remainder of the constructing, greater than 980 toes above the bottom. Even the elevators listed here are thrilling: They attain the 88th flooring in lower than 40 seconds.
Dachstein Sky Walk
A go to to the Dachstein Sky Stroll begins with a gondola journey, which delivers sprawling vistas of its personal, but it surely’s solely upon arriving on the platform that you simply’ll get to look straight down, 820 toes, on the Dachstein glacier and up into the Alps. Not sufficient high-altitude surroundings? Take a stroll throughout the suspension bridge—the best in Austria—for extra breathtaking views.
Sky Tower
From the principle commentary deck in Auckland’s Sky Tower, look down—approach down—on the metropolis by way of a glass flooring that’s simply an inch and a half thick. (Contact-screen computer systems with stay cameras will let you know what you’re taking a look at.) And, since that is New Zealand, in fact, that’s not the one thrill the Sky Tower offers—it’s also possible to base leap off the tower.
Tilt
Chicago is not any stranger to glass-floor thrills—The Ledge’s glass packing containers provide dizzying views from Willis Tower—however its newest attraction, opening this spring, guarantees to present a distinct perspective of town. The John Hancock Tower’s Tilt places guests in glass packing containers that actually tilt ahead, leaning out over town. From that vantage level—1,000 toes within the air and 94 flooring up—you possibly can see up and down Chicago’s Magnificent Mile. For those who can hold your eyes open.