Low challenge course activities or group initiatives are group-oriented problem solving tasks designed to foster teamwork, cooperation, communication and problem solving skills within a group. We will help you design a course that meets the needs of your facility and program size.

Below are some of the elements we build with brief descriptions:

All Aboard: Also known as the Life Raft, this component is a small platform (typically 2 ft x 2 ft) that an entire group must stand upon with no one touching the ground.

Chicken Wire Crossing: This is a unique teambuilding activity that focuses on team support and creative problem solving. The team must maneuver its member along a wooden beam that is suspended approximately 3 feet above the ground. Directly above the center of the log is a barrier that the team must get past without touching. The barrier is suspended only inches above the beam and the team cannot go around, over or through it.

Golden Gate: The Golden Gate combines the individual challenge of the Tension Traverse with the teamwork of most of the other low components. The component consists of a foot cable that is within 12-18 inches of the ground. It has a pulley attached to it and a rope that is attached to this pulley. There is a pulley approximately 10 feet above the ground attached to each tree/pole at both ends. The rope that is attached to the pulley on the foot cable passes through each of these other two pulleys and then down to the ground. As the participant moves along the foot cable, the pulley attached to it moves with them while the other team members increase or decrease tension as needed on the ends of the rope.


Islands: The group must move from one end of the platform to the other using boards that aren’t quite long enough to reach the other side. Neither the boards nor the group members can touch the ground.


















Low Beam: As with the wall, the entire group must get up and over this log suspended approximately 7-8 feet above the ground. Once an individual has gone over the Beam they may no longer physically assist any others in their group. This is a good component for all ages but is used often with younger participants who may not be tall enough to do the Wall.


The Maze: The Maze is designed using numerous trees and/or posts that are placed in the ground. A small diameter rope or cord is strung between the trees in a meandering labyrinth. Participants are put into the maze blindfolded and are told to maintain contact with the rope and try to find their way out.


Mohawk Walk: The group must maneuver along 4-5 sections of cable suspended 12-18 inches above the ground between variously spaced trees or poles. They may not touch the ground or receive physical assistance from anyone on the ground while moving along the cables.


Muse: The group has to determine the path across a “no-man’s-land” that has variously spaced cinderblocks set in a specific pattern. They will have several boards to use to aid their crossing. Not all paths lead to the exit.


Nitro Crossing: This is a swinging component in which group members swing, one person at a time from one side or boundary line to the other on a rope suspended from a horizontal cable (typically 15 ft or more above the ground) between two trees or poles. The group must also move a container of liquid across with them.

Porthole: Get the entire group through a large truck tire suspended 4-5 feet above the ground. Group members may not touch anything except the area immediately surrounding the hole in the tire.

Space Web: The Space Web is a horizontal Spider’s Web that is positioned approximately1-2 feet above the ground. Many variations exist for the operation of this component. The common theme is for the participants to traverse the area of the web without touching it as they do.

Spider’s Web: The web is constructed of rope and bungee cord and is designed with many shapes and sizes of openings. All group members must get through the web without touching any part of it.

Swinging Log: A utility pole horizontally suspended a couple of feet off the ground between two supporting trees that has a controlled amount of movement. This dynamic adds to the challenge for the group to balance on top or to traverse the log.

Tire Traverse: The Tire Traverse, also called the Swinging Tires, utilizes several (typically 4-6) automobile tires that are suspended from a horizontal cable that is approximately 12-15 feet above the ground overhead. The object is for each participant to move from one end to the other without touching the ground.

TP Shuffle: This component is made from a utility pole mounted horizontally on footers on the ground. It combines balance, coordination, teamwork and problem solving for the group as the members attempt to rearrange themselves on the log without falling from it.

Triangular Tension Traverse: Three cable sections are set up in a triangular shape between three trees. The object of the component is for the participant to maneuver around the cables using a single rope that is attached to one of the trees for balance and support.

Trolley: The component is constructed of two boards with numerous ropes attached to each board. The group uses the two boards to cross a “no man’s land”, a specified distance, without touching the ground.

Trust Fall: Participants fall backwards from a platform into the waiting arms of the other members of the group. Typical height is 3.5-4 feet.


The Wall: The entire group must get up and over this 10-12 foot wooden wall safely. Once an individual has gone over The Wall they may no longer physically assist any others in their group.

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