Read the latest news from around the zip line and adventure park industry. New park openings, incidents, supplier news, standards updates and more. Please email Karolyn Towle at [email protected] if you would like to submit information for a Park Brief.
Construction has begun on a new $2 million adventure park attraction at Binder Park Zoo in Battle Creek, Mich., called the Charles and Lynn Zhang SkyLark Ridge—the Zhangs started the…
Urban Air Adventure Park in Bloomingdale, Ill., is facing a lawsuit after a participant’s harness slipped and choked her while on the indoor park’s “Sky Ride Zip Line,” a curved…
Anakeesta, an 80-plus acre adventure park in Gatlinburg, Tenn., with a three-span parallel zip line, canopy walk, and several netted attractions, including a challenge course and treehouse village, is adding…
The Treetop Walk Laurentides, a new tourist attraction from EAK, will open this summer in Mont-Blanc, just a few minutes drive from Mont-Tremblant in Quebec. The attraction will include a restaurant and store in a separate…
SAM Magazine—Stowe, Vt., May 20, 2022—The Vermont Occupational Safety and Health Administration (VOSHA) investigation of the Sept. 23, 2021, death of Stowe Mountain Resort, Vt., ZipTour employee Scott Lewis, 53,…
Treetop Trekking 1000 Islands is scheduled to open May 14, located between Gananoque and Brockville on the 1000 Islands Parkway in Ontario at the site formerly operated as Skywood Eco…
As part of a recent expansion, TradeWinds Island Resorts in Saint Petersburg, Fla., unveiled the Zing Ray Zip, a three-story-tall dual zip line that takes guests soaring above the beach.…
In an effort to draw tourists to Kenya’s Mount Longonot National Park, zip lines will be installed across the mountain’s 1.1-mile-wide crater. Kenya’s tourism cabinet secretary Najib Balala sees the…
