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Guest Sues Adventure Park After Harness Slipped and Choked Her
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 Adds Lumina Night Walk Experience
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…
New EAK Treetop Trail to Open in Quebec
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…
Investigation Finds Violations Could Have Contributed to Stowe Zip Line Death
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 to Open in Ontario
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…
Tradewinds Island Resorts Adds Zip Line
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.…
Kenya to Build Zip Lines Across “Extinct Volcano”
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…
New Netted Adventure Park Opening Outside Montreal
The new Upla Adventure Park is opening outside Montreal on June 4. A fully netted attraction, accessible to participants ages 3 to 99, Upla has been billed as the first…
