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8 reviews for Alpine Adventures
My office and I headed off to Alpine Adventures for a team building event. Until we arrived at the first zip, I am not even sure that half the team fully understood what we were doing. That being said, the guides handled everyone's fears perfectly. They weren't pushy but also didn't make a big deal of things ether. That was just what we needed to get everyone (including grandparent aged coworkers) down all the tip lines. They were very professional and took our safety very seriously. You could tell they were each thinking a step ahead. Kudos to Vanessa, Evan, Brian, one more (but we forget his name!).
Anyway, this is a ton of fun. Thrilling but not too scary, this makes a great family or group activity. Beautiful mountain views, a bit of nature walking, combined with flying through the air like Peter Pan!
If you're looking for some outdoor fun, with a little thrill, and no fear/worries of jumping out of a perfectly good and working airplane... Then this place should be on your to-do list.
I had such a great time at the Alpine Adventures Zipline Tour!!
So, for starters... keep your eyes peeled for this place. It isn't hidden, but for a small town, this place has a ton of activities so it's typically crowded (not bad) and there are little things to do, see, just about everywhere. It's on your left (coming from 93 N) and when I went there was one of those 6 wheel safari trucks parked out front.
There is decent space for parking in their lot, but depending on how busy they are it can fill up pretty fast. But additional parking is nearby if needed.
I definitely recommend making reservations/bookings online or over the phone. They of course allow walk ins, but I know when I went, there was only 1 slot left. So if it was your and friends you'd have to hope the next tour wasn't full, or be split up. I can't remember exactly, but I'm pretty sure there is a 24 hour cancellation policy, or they will automatically cancel and refund you for severe weather.
Now that the stuff is out of the way, I can get on to the actual zipline stuff, man... thank goodness there aren't any crazy side effects (not as long as everything goes well I mean.). HAHA
For the zipline they offer 2 tour types (as of 4 July 2008). The first is the Treetop Canopy Tour, and the second (newest) is the Sky Rider Zipline Tour. When I asked over the phone what the difference was she explained that the Treetop tour was a bit 'slower', and wasn't quite as high in most spots. Which would be good if you're bringing kids (there is a weight minimum/maximum - so check ahead of time for kids), or if you're not quite sure how you feel about heights.
You know, if you and heights have been fighting, or had a recent break up, you don't want to rush down at 50 mph with heights... so the Treetop would be a good "day-date", which we all know is safer and more innocent.
So, since my middle name is Adventure (ummm... don't check my birth certificate) I opted for the Sky Rider Tour. Which boast their heights and longest sip line (and yes... it really is both!) plus 2 side-by-side racer zips (which is great for snapping photos if you take a friend/date... date not counting heights I mean). From all of these lines you get great views of the local area, vast valleys, and mountain tops... it really is very scenic through-out the tour.
You're final zip, on the Sky Rider tour, is an 80 ft drop at 40 to 50 miles per hour that will have your heart take a leap into your throat. It's great!! And totally put the ZIP in zipline. (LOL)
If you're up in/near the area for vacation... or you don't mind a bit of a drive... I would MORE than recommend this place for your list of stops. It's fun, and great for friends and family!
Fantastic!! I can't say enough great things about my experience with Alpine Adventures. The staff member who greeted us was helpful and friendly, the guides were fun and personable, yet took their jobs serious and our safety was always their first priority. Looking forward to going back soon!
Peter Pan
Tarzan & Jane
Superwoman
A circus performer
At one point in my young life, I wanted to be all of these things. Then I realized Peter Pan was a boy, Tarzan was not exactly hygeine-conscious, my boobs would never be big enough to fill out that wonder woman costume and joining the circus meant trading in the family dog for an elephant. And a giant-sized pooper scooper.
The Zipline course at Alpine Adventures allowed to live vicariously through my childhood fantasies (of being able to fly, obviously) without encountering any commitment to those aforementioned unpleasantries associated with them.
The staff is extremely patient, accommodating and highly sensitive to safety procedures! After suiting up in the offices you'll take not one but two different vehicles to get to the course; an air-conditioned coach with leather seats and a hummer-ish all-terrain vehicle straight out of Armageddon. Way up in the mountains of NH, there are plenty of photo ops and endless lung-fulls of fresh air.
The course itself has high and low platforms, long zips and breathtaking sights (look with your head, not our whole body, or risk getting turned around and zipping backwards!)
The final drop will have you screaming COWABUNGA at the top of your lungs as you are flung backwards off a 65' foot roller coaster-like drop only to be scooped up by the zipline and whisked across the last leg of the course, heart beating furiously in your throat!
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Exercise your whooping and hollering skills careening through the air on a zipline at sixty miles an hour!
To the left: the tree-topped White Mountains
(See how beauteous!)
To the right: the tree-topped White Mountains
(Look how magnificent!)
Below: tree-tops and hard-packed earth
(See how far!)
Above: endless cerulean sky
(Look how fast clouds move!)
Don't drop your camera. But be sure to whip it out and document the gorge, and how silly your companions look in those pinching harnesses and hawt hardhats. Might even want to snap a shot as you're running in the woods or bouncing along in the soreassmobile with the fellas that run the show. (Hey, Bob!)
Can't say the taxidermy show at the HQ didn't freak me out a bit. (Hello, Mr. Moose and Mrs. Bear.) Though I thoroughly enjoyed returning triumphant and glowing as Star Wars blared out the speakers!
Epic journey? Considering many of the lines crossed the same valley, me think not. Parallel tracks for racing and blind backwards drop? Adrenaline for the win!
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I went over the weekend and had a blast! We went for the Zip-line course, but the off-road Safari ride in a 6-wheel drive Pinzgauers was almost as fun as the zipping!
There are 7+ zip-lines (several more coming soon ) totaling over 3500' . Platforms are 15' to 65' high in the trees and the zip-lines are 100' to 1800' long. The staff and guides were all very nice, and didn't even complain when we almost knocked them off their feet a few times on the landings! (Guess they're used to it) I highly reccommend it, and it was even raining!
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Ever get tired of being so on the ground all the time? Thumb your nose at gravity and doff your cap to trees? Always figured there was a quicker way to from point A to point B if you could just get "up there"? Training to be a courier on Endor? Well, then this is the place for you!
Nestled in quaint Lincoln, NH, a serious stone's chuck away from Boston, Alpine Adventures offers a variety of... well, adventures for any would-be woodsman or adrenaline junky. In the winter, you can cruise around in a snowmobile. But you don't need no stinkin' snow to go ziplining! Anyone who broke their parents' clothesline trying to take a shortcut across the backyard knows what I'm talkin' about. Bob the Builder (that's for serious what he's called) assembled a treetop playground that's fun for the whole family! They offer the leisurely "Canopy Tour" and the slightly more intense "Sky Rider Tour." Go for the Sky Rider, even if only for the fall at the end. Along the way you'll criss-cross a chasm of conifers on single and dual lane lines. (I recommend racing against a smaller lady friend. Guaranteed victory!) Then
there's
the
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drop.
"White Knuckle Pine," as they call it, has an 80' drop where you can crank it up to 50 mph. Go backwards--it's like bungie jumping without the abrupt end.
The staff is pretty also cool. Real salt-of-the-earth type folks. They're very well organized and safety conscious. You may feel like you're teetering on the edge of oblivion on some of the trees or "burma bridges," but they've got you covered like a Beatles song every step of the way.
And I haven't even talked about the "Off-Road Safari." We'll just leave that one for you to discover on your own...
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\ \ Go, go zipline!
\ \ Eeeeks and squeals is what you'll exhale,
\ \ Run fast, run faster and take a flying leap!
\ \ Over the trees you go
\ \ Nearly 65 miles per hour. Arggghhh!
\ \ I made a mistaaaake...Sorry, no such thing
\ \ Move on, move off, to the next line over
\ \ Oh my, my knees are knocking,
\ \ Oh no, my palms are sweating,
\ \ ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Oh god, someone give me a shove. Please?
\ \ ) ) ~ ~ ) ) Oh geeeez! Waahooooo! Now I'm really flyinnnnng!
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