High Ropes course design and installation by Bonsai Design Inc.

Extraordinary Challenges to Empower Participants

The high ropes course can be a very dynamic aspect of a great challenge course program. We’ll design a custom course to match your program goals, working with the features of your site. Ropes courses can be installed in trees, poles or indoors. We have unsurpassed arboreal experience, making us one of the few companies to excel in innovative design of tree courses.

Learn About The Program Benefits of a High Ropes Course Built By Bonsai Design Inc.

Individual challenges and team support building
Groups with a wide variety of ability levels
Tests of physical strength, stamina, agility, balance and flexibility
Confronting emotional issues such as fear of falling, fear of failure, fear of losing control
Flexibility within your course
Mature trees, utility poles or building support structures, in any combination

Design Methods Used by Bonsai Design Inc.

Minimal hardware and clean attachments on all Bonsai courses
All courses designed with simplicity and quality craftsmanship
Environmentally friendly – built with sustainable materials
Each tree course is built with low-impact long-lasting terminations
Proportions of the design and materials will inspire confidence and augment aesthetics

Course Types Designed by Bonsai Design Inc.

Linear courses: Great for keeping large groups moving. Participants work their way through a series of elements, exiting via a Zip-line, a Big Swing, or a lower-off.
Hub & Spoke courses: Participants can choose from a variety of options from the “hub” events. Great for groups of varying ability.
Stand-Alone Events: Flying Squirrel, Cat Walk and Pamper Pole challenge individual participants before the group moves on to the next element in the course.
Combination courses: Climbing towers, vertical high ropes course elements, and horizontal traverses can be integrated into your course.
Instructor or participant belay.

Work with Bonsai Design Inc. in Installing a High Ropes Course

High ropes courses can be installed on mature trees, utility poles, indoors, or any combination of the three.

Trees. Bonsai Design is unsurpassed in arboreal experience. Tree courses are our preferred choice because of their environmental and aesthetic appeal. Mature trees with a stable root system provide options that would be very costly on courses using poles or other materials. We design around and within existing trees on your site to keep the natural beauty, using the trees as elements without harming them. Read more about our unique tree installation methods.
Poles. Where trees are unavailable, utility poles provide an affordable alternative. Ranging from 30 to 60 feet in height, poles offer the ability to fully customize the design and layout of a course. Read more about installation methods.
Indoors. Many high ropes elements can be attached to load bearing walls or roof trusses of existing buildings. Free-standing courses can be built on steel framing.

The installation to trees is often much less damaging to the natural environment, because the trees are already in place, and do not require heavy equipment or ground clearing.

Installing on Trees

The movement and swaying of trees is one attribute of a healthy forest. Trees sway back and forth, and we make sure to rig trees to allow for that natural movement. Many of our courses are more than ten years old, giving us significant experience with healthy, thriving tree courses.

We focus on the health of the trees and preservation of the site’s natural beauty
The trees are rigged carefully to ensure minimal intrusion and damage
The trees are pruned free of all dead limbs and guyed off if necessary
No staples are used unless totally necessary, and minimal hardware is installed at each tree
We follow professional arborist techniques strictly, providing you the best in tree services.
This includes understanding the seasonal restrictions for installations to certain trees.

Installing on Poles

Utility poles provide a good solution where adequate trees are not available or not in the location you would like to build the course. With poles we can carefully customize the placement of all elements and precisely control the design of the course.

Site will require a cleared area for heavy equipment
Site will be chosen for minimal damage to surrounding trees’ root structures
Delivery of poles usually occurs in advance
Poles must be installed using heavy equipment, on fairly level ground
We follow professional arborist techniques strictly, providing you the best in tree services for all involved trees
Installation requires an assessment and plan for ensuring that the environment can return to original state

Built with harmony, precision and balance.

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