Ramblewild Adventure Park — Attraction in Lanesborough

Wow! What fun!

My husband, my teenage daughter and I went yesterday. I've never done anything like this high ropes course through the trees, and was looking forward to it immensely.

There are 6 (I believe) courses, organized as follows: 2 yellow (easiest), 2 green (next hardest), 2 blue (harder than green), 2 black. All the courses begin at the "hub", which is a large elevated platform that you get up to by ladders. Before you start, you put on a harness and attend a "school" of sorts, wherein you learn the technique you'll use to hook up to the safety line on each course. It's an idiot-proof system, as you can only unhook one of your two hooks at a time; thus you are always hooked up and protected from free-falling to the ground.

The yellow course was very easy, and a great introduction to this high ropes course idea for us. We next chose a green course, which was also fun and easy too. We next chose the other green course, which was easy EXCEPT FOR an incredibly scary free-hanging rock climbing wall. With a not-obvious way to ascend. And it was swaying back and forth as you climbed it. Did I say it was scary? No? It was scary. All three of us agreed that it was the scariest thing we encountered in all of Ramblewild.

Once we conquered that monster, we felt a little cocky so moved on to a blue course. One thing that's great about their hub system is there's a worker at the hub who can suggest where you should go next, based on what you've just finished. He told us the easier of the two blue courses was a little congested, and asked if we'd want to jump to the harder blue course. We said, "sure". I mean, we'd just conquered the scary rock wall, right? So we did the hard blue course (I think it's Ascending Oaks) and it was indeed hard. You need a bit of upper body strength to do well on this course. And there were two scary elements in a row, the second being a "ladder" of sorts, except it's exaggerated in scale, so the rungs are actually 4" posts maybe 3 feet apart. (I was third in our group to ascend, and watched my daughter and husband struggle with it, so I tried a different way. I gripped the wires not the rungs on my way up, and found it easier than they did. Little tip for you. You're welcome.)

We did the easier blue course last, and it was indeed a lot easier than Ascending Oaks. But it was fun! You get to zipline into a cargo net! What a blast! And then we ran out of time. We will definitely be back to try at least one of the black courses. I highly...

I was a little leery about going because it is a little pricey. But after the experience we had yesterday it was totally worth it! The weather was going to be a bit unsettled so they did email and text me asking if we could come earlier so we would be able to experience the full time slot which I appreciated. We were able to make it a little earlier and the weather cooperated and the rain held off.

It was just myself and my two kids ages 10 and 13. Our guide Walker was absolutely amazing!! He was so professional, incredibly patient and just amazing with my 10-year-old who had some fears going into a few of the obstacles. He was so encouraging! I can't say enough good things about him. I was able to get over some fears myself. The zip line over the ravine was a little scarier than I thought it would be but I was proud of the three of us and all that we were able to accomplish. I can't wait to come back and do the other courses. If you are on the fence about going or not, don't be. It's so worth it! We chose not to purchase the gloves which I think are not necessary to do the courses. We completed the lost in trees and riding...

ramblewild is unique in that it offers their customers a chance to push themselves outside of their comfort zone. I've had the chance to experience the competition down the road at Jiminy Peak as well, and it just doesnt match up. It seems like they are in two different businesses to be honest. The service level from ticket sales, to equipment issuance and onto the course is top level. You can tell this park was designed by professionals. Not only is it a challenging course, it is also very, very aesthetically pleasing(very.) The course is broken up into zones ranging from super easy to ha, yeah right buddy(my terms,) and it is really fun. Pricing can be a touch heavy if you havent researched this type of activity before, but I find this place to be a great value, especially with the serviced I received. They have plenty of parking for the demand of the course and their lodge(?) is gorgeous. overall, i have no problem giving them my money...