New Aerial Adventure Course Coming to California
Shasta County Planning Commission has approved plans for a zip line and adventure course on…
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New Zip Line Brings New Life to Shuttered Oregon Ski Hill
A new adventure park is also breathing new life into what was Tomahawk Ski Hill, near Crater Lake, Ore.
Two Zips Added to Colorado’s Seven Falls
New zip lines and ropes courses are coming to places like Colorado Springs, Colo., where one of the oldest attractions in town reopened in August after…
Tennessee Closes Zip Line Course After Employee Fall
State officials in Tennessee have suspended the operating permit for Wahoo Ziplines after an employee fell about 25 feet from a platform and sustained minor injuries on Aug. 3.
Tennessee Mandates Third Party Park Inspections
Adventure park inspections in Tennessee will now have to be conducted by firms with no ties to the company operating the park.
Ijams Adventure Course Closed Following Guest Death
The canopy tour at Ijams Nature Park in South Knoxville, Tenn., will remain closed following the death of a Georgia teen, Gregory Horan, 18, on July 29.
ACCT Launches Inspector Certification Program
Inspector certification exams and prep courses will be offered this January as part of the 2016 Association of Challenge Course Technology (ACCT) Annual International Conference and Exposition Jan. 28-31, 2016 in Lost Pines, Texas, as well as…
New Adventure Course Park for Fields of Fire
Adventure courses, it seems, complement a wide range of other attractions. Including paintball? Tom Vignato, owner of the 50-acre Fields of Fire paintball park in Mystic, Conn., thinks so…
New Zip Coaster Opens in Costa Rica
Construction is complete on a new zip coaster in Costa Rica, and operators are awaiting final government business permits to open.
Aargh, Matey! Montreal Goes Pirate
There is no end to the theming possibilities of ropes courses…
N.C. Government Orders Zip Line Safety Study
On July 15, North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory signed a bill authorizing a study of zip line safety.
Fall Kills Utah Zip Line Employee
On July 14, an employee at the Kanab Zipline in southern Utah died after he fell 150 feet to the desert floor while trying to…
S.C. Swing Ride Closed After Fatal Fall
South Carolina labor officials ordered that a pendulum swing ride cease operation after a 16-year-old female fell from it and died.
A New Canopy Tour with an Artsy Twist
The canopy tour incorporates environmental artwork by Kelly Brown, a renowned local artist.
Eerie Thrills Above the Erie Canal
The Lockport Common Council recently approved the zip line tour that includes a platform a couple of hundred feet from the Lockport Cave as well as…
Change of Ownership at B.C.’s Enchanted Forest
A couple from Alberta purchased the attraction in April.
Zip Line Closed After Fatal Incident in North Carolina
A zip line at a popular YMCA summer camp in western North Carolina remains closed, and investigations are on-going, after an equipment failure June 11 that resulted in the death of a 12-year-old girl.
