Genesee Experiential Outdoor Center Brochure

Challenge Course
Enjoy a stunning view of the Indian
Peaks at Genesee or the comforts of
your site while experiencing activities
1-2 feet off the ground or as much as 40
feet in the air. Each day is customized
by our staff to meet your group’s needs
and interests.
Urban Teambuilding – at Your Site!
Grades 3rd-12th and College
1-6 Hours Group Size 10-200
Our portable program arrives at your
location with our equipment and staff. We
focus on activities and challenges that can
be accomplished with varied groups and
settings, so your group can get to know one
another for the first time or further strengthen
the community in your group.
Low Activities Challenge Course
Grades 3rd-12th and College
4-6½ Hours Group Size 10-100
Spend your day drawing on the knowledge and
ideas of each individual through depending on
one another. By selecting progressively more
difficult activities to balance, lift, swing, & jump
across, problem solving, creativity, cooperation
and communication can be addressed.
Single High Element Option
For an additional charge, ONE of the following
high elements can be added to your Low Activities
Day: Team Power Pole, Climbing Tower
or Giant Swing.
High Activities Team
Challenge Course
Grades 6th-12th and College
6½ Hours Group Size 10-100
Begin your day with a short hike to our site
and then step onto the low activities course
as a team. Your skill building as a group,
close to the ground, will set the stage for time
spent scaling the high elements where each
individual has a critical role on the team.
Adaptable Challenge Course Option
Are you a Special Needs Program or a group
who wants to build compassion through a
different perspective? This program may
include adaptable high activities like the
Flying Squirrel, Giant Swing, Climbing Tower
and use of a 4:1 pulley system.
Advanced Leadership Training Option
Does your group need a more challenging twist
or more opportunities to delve into leadership
styles, group dynamics and debriefs? This
option allows students to experience our NEW
high static-line course. By managing their
own safety systems, greater self-reliance and
achievement can be discovered.
Explorer
This program focuses on environmental
ethics, Colorado ecosystems, and
outdoor skills while customized to each
group (3rd grade and up). Lessons are
taught in cooperative ways with the
goal of teambuilding in mind. Choose a
combination of any of the trails, lessons
and activities listed below or ask about
including the Challenge Course.
Lessons (1-6½ Hours Each)
Leave No Trace:
Environmental Ethics Introduction
Through hands-on activities and exercises,
this program will teach how to prevent and
minimize their impacts in nature while still
enjoying recreational activities outdoors.
Ecology and Natural History
Outdoor Classroom
At Genesee, your students will use all of their
senses in identifying the surrounding trees,
plants and flowers; learn about predator/prey
relationships, explore the elements of the food
chain and investigate habitats and wildlife.
Nature Connection and Reflection
Students are amazed at what they hear, see
and experience when alone. This valuable,
structured quiet time of reflection, in nature, can
be a finishing touch to the day or an inspiration
for authoring a writing lesson at school.
Outdoor Skills (2-4 Hours Each)
Orienteering Course with Compass
or GPS Instruction
Get back to the basics of land navigation
using a compass, map and/or GPS system.
The program can include reading topographic
maps, shooting bearings and factoring
declination while hiking.
Climbing and Team Belaying
Learn to put on a harness and ascend the
climbing tower while attached to a climbing
rope. With a team of your classmates safely
belaying you up and lowering you down, you
can enjoy a truly birds-eye view of Genesee.
Trails (1-6½ Hours Each)
Beaver Brook Braille Trail is an easy, short
hike along the diverse geography of a 0.6 mile
loop. This is a less strenuous activity ideal
for focusing more on the natural history and
ecology of the area. Some groups choose to
wear blindfolds and follow the blind-adaptive
hand line for a new perspective and a teamfocused
twist.
Chavez Trail is a moderate to strenuous
trail that can be a short out-and-back or
connected to the Beaver Brook to make a
long 3.5 mile loop. The trail winds down into
a canyon where you can explore the riparian
ecosystem of Beaver Brook, a lush area with
continuous water flow.
Adventure
These program types focus on a new discovery or
a longer journey for groups looking for variety. The
specialized equipment required for these unique
programs is included.
Climb the Tower
Grades 3rd-12th and College
4-6½ Hours Group Size 12-40
A twenty minute hike ends at our 30 foot climbing tower
overlooking Beaver Brook Canyon. The four routes are
belayed by your supervised participants, allowing 20 students
to be actively involved in the climbing process at a time.
With more time, individual belay skills, climbing techniques
and knots can be instructed.
Backcountry Rock Climbing
Grades 6th-12th and College
6½+ Hours Group Size 8-40
Our rock-climbing site
is a 1-mile moderate
downhill hike to Beaver
Brook Creek to a secluded
and private crag.
Instruction on climbing
techniques and belay
skills occurs on any of
our seven routes with a
variety of difficulty. Your
day will conclude with a
one-mile hike back up the trail. No experience necessary.
Rappelling Instruction Option
For an additional charge, add rappelling to your day on the
rock. This option includes an additional staff member to
manage this new experience for your group.