Hosting 750 balloon teams still positions Albuquerque as the largest annual balloon event in the world by three fold. The sixth America's Challenge Gas Balloon Race will also be held during the Balloon Fiesta. USA You've seen the tv documentaries on storm-chasers, now try the experience for yourself. The company, headed by three veteran storm chasers, will lead five tours into Tornado Alley in search of nature's most spectacular weather. Tornado Alley is a region in the United States that stretches from Texas northward to the Dakotas.
More tornadoes occur there than anywhere else on earth.
The essence of storm chasing has never been captured accurately in the movies. Our discipline is much more dimensional than what Hollywood has thrown onto the screen. There are the hours of forecasting that we conduct each day, the logistics, the beauty of the Great Plains, and the unique characteristics of each storm we intercept. The only way to experience it is to actually do it, to see the incredible dynamics in action firsthand and to smell the sweetness of the rain. Together, they have amassed more than 50 years of storm chasing experience.