Low Ropes Course
A staff-led retreat activity for your group
This program is focused on teamwork and incorporating your group’s specific goals while working through teambuilding challenges and low-rope elements.
Call (717) 529-3232
Monday-Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm
About Our Low Ropes Course
Black Rock has both a High Ropes Challenge Course and a Low Ropes Course in Lancaster County, PA.
The Low Ropes Course contains 18 different elements consisting of cables, ropes, and wooden structures which are only a few
feet off the ground. Members of the group serve as “spotters” as a climber traverses the element.
Through our Challenge Ropes Course experience, your group will have the opportunity to develop:
Why Choose Low Ropes?
The 3-hour program begins with a time of team building, where our focus is on teamwork and incorporating your specific goals. During this team building time, our facilitators get a chance to know the group members and begin to see what low elements will best challenge and help develop the group.
Throughout the experience, our facilitators are focused on safety and enabling the group to meet their goals for the experience. Facilitators lead debriefing discussions during the experience, relating the ropes course activities to everyday life and to our relationship with God.
Low Ropes Details
- Ages: 12 and up (the greatest benefits of the challenge ropes course are realized with people who are in adolescence or beyond)
- Time: 3 hours
- Minimum group size: 10 participants
- Cost: $16 per person
- Discount – Overnight guests pay only $15 per person when booking more than 30 days in advance!
Required attire includes CLOSED-TOE, CLOSED-HEEL SHOES (i.e. sneakers; NO sandals or Crocs), and ALL JEWELRY MUST BE REMOVED. Wear comfortable pants, sweats, or long-styled shorts, and long t-shirts. Remember to dress for the weather because we will be outside all day. We also recommend that you bring tick repellent, a hat, sunscreen, and a water bottle.
Lightning or winds in excess of 30 mph necessitate closing the ropes course. We still operate the ropes course in rain, snow, heat, or cold, so please be prepared! As indoor space allows, it is possible to do team-building initiative activities indoors to escape from inclement weather.
What Type of Groups is Low Ropes For?
The Challenge Ropes Course is perfect for:
We require a minimum group size of eight participants, and can accommodate up to a maximum of 120 participants, with special arrangements (just contact us).
Location
Our retreat center in Pennsylvania is conveniently located near Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington DC, New York City, New Jersey, Maryland, and Delaware. Only 30 minutes from Interstate 95 and 50 minutes from the PA Turnpike, we’re both secluded and easily accessible.
Ready to start planning your low ropes retreat activity?
Give us a call at (717) 529-3232
Monday-Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm, or email us anytime.
Black Rock reserves the exclusive and sole right to decline facility/grounds requests, use or to issue associated rental contracts to those groups or individuals that its Board of Directors, Executive Committee or Executive Director determines have positions or practices that are inconsistent with the Faith Statement and Standards of Conduct of Black Rock.