In a Nutshell
Teaching through work and play.
- Team-building courses for effective skills in communication, decision-making and problem solving
- Facing fears and taking safe risks on the High Ropes Challenge Course on the Grand Mesa
- Adventure trips to teach the skills of healthful living
- Learning a work ethic and giving back to the community through service projects
- Serving public and private business, schools and youth groups/programs
Contact Hilltop Experiential Learning Program
1129 Colorado Ave
Grand Junction, CO 81501
ph. 970-245-3952
High Challenge Course
Located in a large meadow at 6000' in the middle of a Pinion/Juniper forest, the high and low courses look out over the Grand Mesa, Book Cliffs, Roan Cliffs and Battlement Mesa. These spectacular views augment the impressive structure that is the High Ropes Course: 50-foot (telephone) poles, hundreds of feet of steel cable strung between, and all sorts of ropes, swings and interesting hardware hanging off. High ropes challenges are intrapersonal, physically and emotionally demanding and notorious for branding participants with both the O and E faces (look in the mirror and speak an exaggerated "O" or "E" and you will understand.) Seven different elements hang from the high course. The Centipede, Catwalk, Bosun's chairs, 3-line/Monkey-vine bridge, Heebie-jeebie, Zipline and Leap of Faith, names like these speak to your imagination. Some people refer to high ropes as an adult jungle gym yes and no. Teamwork and trust of your ground crew are what allow you to navigate the course; self-belief and commitment to challenging yourself personally are what allow success. And success for everyone is relative to himself or herself, hence the course's intrapersonal effect. Whether you get 5 feet off the ground and then climb down, or monkey the whole course blindfolded, results are determined by the individual with staff facilitating.