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 ar...

 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 ...