Nestled between Windermere and Coniston, in the heart of the Lake District. Our hub in Grizedale Forest packs a punch with both action and adventure where you can test your nerve amongst the trees on one of our high ropes courses. Grizedale is home to Zip Trekking Adventure - a series of tandem zip lines that span the forest. Exclusive to Cumbria, it's a haven for zip wire lovers. This 2-3 hour aerial experience is the perfect way to soak in some breath-taking views. A great day out if you're looking for unique things to do.
If you ever want more fun than you can shake a stick at, go Zip Trekking in Grizedale when the rain's coming at you horizontally in 20+ mph gusts. It's akin to crewing a racing dinghy suspended on the trapeze wire. Our guides were pro entertainers in addition to being professional guides in all respects and made our trip the best. Would we do it again? Unreservedly yes!
Great place, instructors were good and informative. very busy And lots of groups holding up the next, would advise to maybe make the gaps in between groups a bit bigger or group sizes a bit smaller. But never the less lots of fun with equal measures of fear
Great experience for a range of different skill abilities, definitely worth it for the ziplines through and across the valleys. Our instructor jack was happy to help and was thorough with the demonstration. Massive thanks to Stuart who helped to align the booking times! We (2) did the treetop challenge course which took about 3h total (including walking between the 6 challenges) and was a good level of difficulty having had previous experience at go ape.
An amazing experience at Go Ape Grizedale me and my partner went for my birthday, I'm very scared of heights. Naturally I wanted to challenge that, so we dove straight in with the tree top challenge. It's safe to say my fear of heights has massively dropped after doing this. There was a point halfway through where I felt like I wanted to stop, but instead pushed through that fear, and I'm glad I did because it was so worth it and left feeling very proud. The staff were faultless and they gave a thorough safety talk which helps you to feel confident in trusting yourself during the course. There were various platforms, some were difficult and wobbly and others were easier. Favourite part was definitely the zipwires! Overall an incredible experience and will be finding courses closer to home to do. Thanks Go Ape
We visited Grizedale and booked on the 'Zip Trek' option rather than the more 'traditional' Go Ape option. This is basically where you get driven up into the mountains to start a series of 7 zip lines that you trek from one to the other. The last zip line brings you back into the back of the main car park. The zip lines vary in length, the longest being around 500m, and steepness of angle, and thus speed. There are some strict weight limits, both too light and too heavy. The zip lines crisscross valleys, the land falling away beneath your feet as you launch yourself off the platform, from one valley side to the other. You are guided around the course by two guides, one goes 1st and the other goes last. You need to complete some waiver forms before beginning and you have safety talks before starting. Your guides put on and check all the harnesses you wear. It is a great day and brilliant experience and can't wait to go back and try one of the other course options.
We had a good time at the treetop adventure, I'm not the best with heights and this one was about my limit at 7m or so at its highest, those braver can go for the challenge course, one of the best part of the day was all the staff, everyone was super friendly, helpful and made sure all the safety aspects were fully clear, especially to the kids before we set off. One even ploughed into the bushes to retrieve my daughter's hat that blew off on a zip line, definitely above any reasonable expectations! It's located on a nice site in the middle of the forest that's a little narrow to get to if you have a large car, but we managed without much issue, just some common sense required when passing other vehicles.
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If you ever want more fun than you can shake a stick at, go Zip Trekking in Grizedale when the rain's coming at you horizontally in 20+ mph gusts. It's akin to crewing a racing dinghy suspended on the trapeze wire. Our guides were pro entertainers in addition to being professional guides in all respects and made our trip the best. Would we do it again? Unreservedly yes!
Great place, instructors were good and informative. very busy And lots of groups holding up the next, would advise to maybe make the gaps in between groups a bit bigger or group sizes a bit smaller. But never the less lots of fun with equal measures of fear
Great experience for a range of different skill abilities, definitely worth it for the ziplines through and across the valleys. Our instructor jack was happy to help and was thorough with the demonstration. Massive thanks to Stuart who helped to align the booking times! We (2) did the treetop challenge course which took about 3h total (including walking between the 6 challenges) and was a good level of difficulty having had previous experience at go ape.
An amazing experience at Go Ape Grizedale me and my partner went for my birthday, I'm very scared of heights. Naturally I wanted to challenge that, so we dove straight in with the tree top challenge. It's safe to say my fear of heights has massively dropped after doing this. There was a point halfway through where I felt like I wanted to stop, but instead pushed through that fear, and I'm glad I did because it was so worth it and left feeling very proud. The staff were faultless and they gave a thorough safety talk which helps you to feel confident in trusting yourself during the course. There were various platforms, some were difficult and wobbly and others were easier. Favourite part was definitely the zipwires! Overall an incredible experience and will be finding courses closer to home to do. Thanks Go Ape
We visited Grizedale and booked on the 'Zip Trek' option rather than the more 'traditional' Go Ape option. This is basically where you get driven up into the mountains to start a series of 7 zip lines that you trek from one to the other. The last zip line brings you back into the back of the main car park. The zip lines vary in length, the longest being around 500m, and steepness of angle, and thus speed. There are some strict weight limits, both too light and too heavy. The zip lines crisscross valleys, the land falling away beneath your feet as you launch yourself off the platform, from one valley side to the other. You are guided around the course by two guides, one goes 1st and the other goes last. You need to complete some waiver forms before beginning and you have safety talks before starting. Your guides put on and check all the harnesses you wear. It is a great day and brilliant experience and can't wait to go back and try one of the other course options.
We had a good time at the treetop adventure, I'm not the best with heights and this one was about my limit at 7m or so at its highest, those braver can go for the challenge course, one of the best part of the day was all the staff, everyone was super friendly, helpful and made sure all the safety aspects were fully clear, especially to the kids before we set off. One even ploughed into the bushes to retrieve my daughter's hat that blew off on a zip line, definitely above any reasonable expectations! It's located on a nice site in the middle of the forest that's a little narrow to get to if you have a large car, but we managed without much issue, just some common sense required when passing other vehicles.
