HIGH ROPES
TRAINING

This is a canopy tour consisting of three ziplines staged together. The first zip starts from the top of Echo Bluff and runs across the river to the grove of cypress trees near Cypress Springs. There is a short bridge to the beginning platform of the second zip, which is also in a tree. The second zip traverses back across the river and ends just upstream from Pebble Beach. The third zip is a walk-off landing that ends just above the Pebble Beach amphitheater.

This is an Alpine Tower II that has been set up on the property since 2002. The Alpine Tower is a stand-alone, triangular-shaped tower made from telephone poles, with many different routes to the top. When operated at full capacity, six participants may climb at once. Attached to the Alpine Tower is a cable swing (swing-by-choice) that is occasionally operated as a component of Alpine Tower activities.

There are three stand-alone elements on the property that offer a different and unique experience:

• Alpine Tower Swing  — This element is a big cable swing suspended
  from the north side of the Alpine Tower. A Participant is hooked into
  the cable end on the ground, hauled by rope by the rest of the team
  to about 35 feet off the ground, and then releases themselves for a
  seemingly free-fall swing.
• Crate stacking — This element is an individual activity where participants use milk crates to make a tower to climb. The goal of this activity is to make the highest tower you can. It can be run using two stacks side to side or one standalone stack. Participants are belayed using a TruBlue Auto Belay, which retracts as they climb and slowly lets them descend when they fall or let go.

On the property we have three climbing sites that vary in difficulty. Two are set up and run as bottom-managed belays with fixed top-rope anchors. The Eldorado Climbing Area utilizes an auto-belay system. The three sites are:

• Eldorado Climbing Area — This artificial climbing tower contains a set of six climbing routes and is located at Headwaters. Participants are belayed using the TruBlue Auto Belay system, which retracts as they climb and slowly lets them descend. This climb is 35 feet tall and has great views. There is also a 9-foot boulder and a child’s boulder in the area.
• Echo Bluff Climbing Site — The Echo Bluff Wall is a limestone cliff band that borders one side of the Echo Valley Entrance road. Teepee is the first climb on the left when approached from the river and has been climbed for decades. The lines to the right of Teepee were developed in 2016.
• Singing Hills Bluff Climb — This climb is located at the same site as the Singing Hills Bluff Rappel. This climb is good for children and is approximately 25 feet in height.

On the property are three rappel sites that range in height. These sites are all accessed and facilitated from the top. The Participants rappel themselves on one rope while they are belayed by the Facilitator from a second rope. The rappel sites are:

• Singing Hills Bluff Rappel — This is a rappel located behind the Old Pavilion at Singing Hills. This rappel is approximately 25 feet in height.
• Echo Bluff Rappel — This is a high-angle rappel located on the prominent bluff near the river entrance to Echo Valley. This is an intermediate rappel. This rappel is approximately 40 feet in height.
• Battleship Rappel —  This rappel is located on the prominent bluff called Battleship, across from Laity Lodge Adult Retreat Center. This is a rappel with some free travel. This rappel is approximately 120 feet in height.