Low Ropes

The Foundation of a Quality Adventure Education Program

Teams courses, or low ropes courses, integrate a variety of elements, activities and games to send teams through a diverse obstacle course. These team events present physical, mental, and emotional challenges that invite a group to explore teamwork strategies and to discover the importance of planning, cooperation, and communication. Group participants manage risk by spotting individuals as they navigate obstacles. Focus is on both team and individual efforts.

Program Benefits:

Teamwork strategies
Planning, cooperation and communication
Rewarding individual effort
Challenging groups to pool resources for success
Trust building activities empower groups with cohesive growth

Design Methods:

Our core staff members all began as practitioners with teams-course ideology as the focus
Unsurpassed 15 years of industry experience
Forested areas are the ideal location for any teams course
Sufficient spacing of obstacles is crucial, affording group privacy for quality learning
Ergonomics are paramount in the design and installation of team courses
We follow our installations with the highest quality training and operational documentation

Team Challenge Activities

Group Initiatives: Problems involving real and imaginary ground-based obstacles (either natural or constructed) that challenge a group to pool their resources and work together to find solutions. Success is achieved only when all members have contributed to the outcome.
Trust-Building Activities: Activities designed to provide participants the opportunity to demonstrate their trust in other members of the group through a series of sequenced actions.
Low Ropes Events: A series of cables, ropes, and obstacles strung between trees or poles, 12 to 18 inches above the ground, low rope elements present tests of physical strength, stamina, agility, balance, and flexibility, and invite participants to confront such emotional issues as the fear of falling, the fear of failure, and the fear of losing control. Risk is managed by group members who assume critical spotting roles.
Group Games, Ice-breakers, Fillers: Fun activities designed to reduce inhibitions and break down barriers. These activities are often not based on a defined task but on a sequence of events. Participants are often placed in positions where they are encouraged to try new things that may place them outside their normal comfort zones.

Installing team courses

Site selection includes a thorough survey and group flow assessment
Trail construction and brush clearing can be assumed by your staff or volunteers
Many components manufactured off-site
Installation to trees is our specialty - read more about our expert installation methods
Installation of ground-based activities handled by Bonsai staff
Some conventional components can be installed by your staff

Built with harmony, precision and balance.

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