An investigation into the death of a six-year-old girl on the Haunted Mine Drop (HMD) ride at Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park, Colo., on Sept. 5 found that multiple operator errors contributed to the fatality
UK-based outdoor adventure company Zip World is opening the Quarry Flyer, a new two span, dual zip line at its Penrhyn Quarry site in northern Wales.
Perfect Descent (PD) has been named the sole auto belay supplier for the climbing events at the forthcoming 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.
Interzip Rogers, the self-billed first interprovincial zip line in the world, opened June 24 in Canada.
SOAR has reopened its adventure tower and mini-golf course today, May 1, 2020, with limited hours and capacities, in accordance with eased social distancing guidelines in Tennessee.
The Association for Challenge Course Technology (ACCT) launched its new insurance option, ACCT Group Health, today. The initiative has been in the works for more than six months.
The Online Tourism Academy is launching a brand-new virtual summit: COVID-19: Realities, Opportunities and Essential Next Steps. The free, two-day, live online event is scheduled for April 2-3.
API Magazine—March 26, 2020, Boulder, Colo.—ACCT is taking measures and compiling resources to help members manage the unprecedented impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak on the challenge course industry. In recognition…
The Forge: Lemont Quarries Adventure Park, a 300-acre outdoor recreation area outside Chicago that broke ground September 2018, is set to open this summer.
Water and theme park product designer and manufacturer WhiteWater has handed its dry play attractions over to longtime partner RCI Adventure Products.
ACCT is preparing for to fill three open positions on its board of directors. Nominations are due December 6.
Natural Bridge Caverns, a family-owned and operated destination in Texas, replaced its original Sky Trail Canopy Explorer and Canopy Zip-line with a new million-dollar attraction from RCI.
Rendering courtesy of Lemont Quarries Adventure Park. Construction of Lemont Quarries Adventure Park, a 300-acre outdoor recreation area 22 miles outside of Chicago, began Sept. 18, 2018, and is scheduled…
Challenge Sonoma Adventure Ropes Course (CSARC) in California is planning to build a new challenge course at a second location.
America Outdoors (AO) has named Aaron Bannon as its new executive director.
Last week, in a textbook emergency action, the Laconia (N.H.) Fire Department rescued a 16-year-old girl and a staff member stranded on a zip line
The Association for Challenge Course Technology (ACCT) and Arival, an in-destination travel conference operator, have signed a cross promotional and marketing agreement