See Mount St. Helena from the air — the peak at the north end of Napa Valley, a look the listing names, not a landing. From Yountville it is a far wall. From the balloon, on a clear morning, it is in the window with the vineyards. Fog, height, and the wind can hide it. You float between about 1,000 and 3,000 feet when the day allows. San Francisco and the Sierra are a favorable-wind maybe, not a promise. Winter snow on the peak is a maybe too.
The Napa Valley Hot Air Balloon Adventure is the flight that points this peak out. Shared basket, sunrise, about 40 minutes to an hour in the air, about 4.5 hours for the morning. You do not fly to the summit. You do not land on the mountain. The track is downwind over agricultural country and hills. The pilot flies as much of Napa as the wind allows.
You do not hike St. Helena on this ticket. You stand in a basket and look. After landing you ride back to Yountville. Coffee and pastries were at check-in, not a mountain picnic. Brunch in town is your own if you want it.
There is no St. Helena-only balloon. The extra of a clear day is this peak in the view. The extra of fog is a different launch — often a northern valley pad about 45 minutes from check-in — and a different window. Stay on this ticket if the valley at sunrise is the point. There is no second Napa balloon on this hub to “upgrade” the mountain.
Vineyards are closer than the peak. Yountville is the start. Sunrise is the light. The hills sit under you before the mountain does. Another balloon peak morning on this site is not this one; this is Napa’s north wall.
Weather can cancel the whole morning. If they cannot fly, refund or another day as shown when you book — currently up to two days’ free cancel on this listing. Not under 6, not pregnancy, not the medical list. You must stand and climb in and out. No published weight cap.
Book the Napa Valley balloon and see Mount St. Helena from the air when the morning is clear.
See Mount St. Helena from a hot air balloon over Napa Valley. Book the Napa Valley Hot Air Balloon Adventure.