The High Rock Challenge, this one-of-a-kind tour is Awesome!
Have you ever thought about Rock Climbing or Rappelling, or Bouldering, or Spelunking? Want to try a little of everything, and do it in Ohio’s Hocking Hills? We’ve got the tour for you! Yes we offer full blown Rock Climbing and Rappelling and they are amazing, but this unique tour, our High Rock Challenge lets you try several of these on a smaller and very cool scale.
Larger groups and families love this tour because it moves quickly, there is not much down time at all. You are either hiking, doing a boulder style climb, going down a rope rappelling style, crawling through rock crevices, caves, and rock squeezes, climbing through cracks, and just having a ton of fun all while taking in some of the most spectacular scenery Ohio has to offer.
We practice “leave no trace” on all of tours so there are many rocks we just appreciate for their beauty. Several are covered in moss, ferns, lichen, and look ancient, because they are. The Rocks we do use for Climbing, Rappelling, and our Rock Challenges, are our harder sandstone and they have very little green on them, which makes them much easier to navigate.
During the Rock Challenge you will be up on top of few our cliffs with outstanding views and at other times you will be underground (not far) but definitely under and between rocks, massive ones. We also will point out a few plants and trees along the way because we like to include some nature education in all we do. This Rock Adventure includes a few timed challenges if your group or family wants to compete against each other for added fun.
What ages can participate? Kids 6-70+ Anyone can opt out of a challenge they feel pushes them too far beyond their comfort zone. There are at least 10 different challenges and your guide(s) will assist in all of them with pointers to make them easier or ways to increase the skill level on some should you wish. This tour is offered three times a day in the summer and is one of two we can typically do year-round. So if fun is what you are looking for, we’ve got your covered. Rock On!
