High Adventure Centers Blog - Nicholas Wartham

  Human resources, and pay: The things to consider when opening an adventure center.  The recreation industry is usually staffed from part-time workers, as well as seasonal working individuals. When looking at adventure centers that offer high ropes facilities, and other outdoor based activities, finding employees may not be the hardest thing to do. When the pandemic first struck, and high adventure places were looking at losing a spring full of participants they had to shut their doors, and unfortunately turn seasonal workers away. With vaccines, and the pandemic better managed, the spring and summer are looking hopeful. More people are looking to travel to the high country this summer to enjoy the mountains, and all the perks that come with it. With that being said, a high need for employees is present in organizations located near Boone. Employees who were scheduled to work in summer 2020 are deciding to fill those positions within these adventure centers and stay in the area. Recre

 Finance it, and they will come? 3/9/21 High adventure parks in the high country are very interesting to look at when, and how they have dealt with Covid-19. As the Boone area has been flexed in case numbers over all after the mandatory shut down everything is coming back to life. Slowly but surely and this is true in high adventure places. The major adventure parks in the area have not closed their doors, but have seen an impact for sure. These places such as Hawksnest zipline, High Gravity Adventure Park, and other areas like this are still running their programs but at a lower capacity. In a different case, the Wilderness Alpine Coaster opened its doors come summer 2020 with booming sales, and participation from the public. All over the state this high adventure place has been marketed, as well as other companies. In an article written by a Charlotte observer it is said “ “We have been extremely busy,” said Ashley Brown with Wilderness Run. “We have had to change how we operate a fe

                          How feasible is starting a high adventure center in the middle of a pandemic?  The pandemic has thrown a wrench into all of our plans, and made it practically impossible to do all what we want. High adventure places such as High Gravity which is pictured above has done a fantastic job to accommodate to it's customers and allow for a safe place. While High Gravity has a strong customer base and market segment, how well would a new competitor in town do? There are many things that going to feasibility for success but in this blog we will be talking about high adventure, and Covid-19! The four main ingredients needed to bake that cake of feasibility is: funding, location, management, and your business plan. Now there are more to this than meets the eye but especially in a global pandemic looking at the basics is huge! All these factors have changed because of the pandemic in the ways people spend their money, travel, and what they look for in an adventure ce

How are adventure parks handling the pandemic? Nicholas Wartham - 2/9/2021   High adventure centers are in some eyes just like a mini Disney World. They offer activities such as rock climbing, ropes courses, mountain biking, and other fun recreation activities. Locations like this in the Carolinas are the U.S. National Whitewater Center (USNWC), High Gravity, Aerial Adventure Park, as well as ski mountains that open their slopes for biking, and climbing during the summer time. When March hit, things changed and people were to be in quarantine and create their own adventures, but a home. Places like the USNWC, and other ropes course locations closed its doors this spring in fellowship with Roy Cooper’s stay at home order. In addition the American Hotel and Lodging Association reports that they were struggling to keep their doors open. The recreation and tourism industry was hit quite hard during this pandemic because of lack of travel, and the fear of a global pandemic. People then st