2026-09-12
Kletterwald Borken: open on a Tuesday in June
Daily from 10 am to 7 pm, all season – the exception in the directory. Plus 3.5 hours of climbing, a toddlers' course for 8 € and a group programme with its own seminar room.
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Trip tips, comparisons and practical knowledge about climbing parks and high ropes courses.
2026-09-11
Fun Forest Kandel: seven hectares of Bienwald
23 courses, over 200 trees, 17,000 metres of steel cable – the operator calls it the largest climbing park in the region. Five pictures from the press kit show how much space that is.
2026-09-10
Kletterwald Schwindelfrei: by train to the climbing forest
Brühl lies between Cologne and Bonn, the bus stops right at the park – a rare connection for a forest ropes park. Plus a Bambini course from one metre, winter opening and ten per cent off in the evening.
2026-09-09
Outdoorparc Lungau: side by side across the lake
The Double Fly is a parallel zipline, 170 metres, two people at once. Three new pictures show the flying-fox course on the Nessiteich – and why so much here costs nothing.
2026-09-08
Kletterpark Bielefeld: half forest, half poles
Over 90 stations on ten high courses, one half between trees, the other on a pole structure. Plus four practice courses, an annual pass for two parks – and prices we had to add.
2026-09-07
Hochseilgarten Nagold: the mega zipline is included
In the northern Black Forest the big zipline costs nothing extra – elsewhere it is a surcharge. Plus archery, axe throwing from 18, and a 500-metre walk in along an old tank road.
2026-09-06
Kletterwald Plochingen: by S-Bahn, but cash only
Twenty kilometres east of Stuttgart, on the S-Bahn and with a children's course from age three. The state family pass is accepted, night climbing costs 35 € – and the till takes cash only.
2026-09-05
Erlebniswald Altenmarkt: climbing from 80 centimetres
No facility in the directory lets children up as early as this one in the Pongau. Alongside it a 3D archery course on the same grounds, and a price that follows the extent of your visit rather than your age.
2026-09-05
Kletterpark Purkersdorf: 20 minutes from Vienna, with no time limit
The closest climbing park to Vienna sits in the Wienerwald – and is one of the few in the directory that sets no climbing time at all. Three new pictures now show what it looks like.
2026-09-04
Fourteen facilities now show their own pictures
One week of inbox, 47 photos, three corrections to our own entries – and a park that had been listed under the wrong name.
2026-09-03
Kletterpark Wartmannstetten: from 90 centimetres to the black course
Ten courses cover a range that makes the difference for families with an age gap – from the fairy-tale course at three to the 25-metre panorama zipline, adults only.
2026-08-31
The highest high ropes courses
Which ropes course goes furthest up? We went through the height figures of all sites in the directory – with a surprise at the top.
2026-08-25
The directory is now available in Czech and Italian
All 375 facilities are now published in five languages – alongside German, English and Slovenian there are now Czech and Italian. What that means for the 25 Czech parks, and why Italian joins although not a single site lies in Italy.
2026-08-25
High ropes courses in rain, wind and thunderstorms
Why climbing parks close in thunderstorms, at what wind force they stop, when rain is no obstacle and how to plan a visit that actually happens.
2026-08-24
Kletterpark Markkleeberg: you pay by level, not by time
Three levels from blue to black, each with its own price - book online at least ten days ahead for a reduced early-bird price. Plus a look at the site right on the Markkleeberger See.
2026-08-24
Kletterwald Bretten and Illingen: two parks, one combination ticket
Bretten in the Kraichgau and Illingen in the Enzkreis belong to the same operator, less than twenty kilometres apart. What the two share, where they differ - and who the combination ticket is for.
2026-08-22
New high ropes courses in 2026
A 22-metre climbing tower in Munich's Olympic Park, a course inside a clothing store in the Allgäu, an inclusive ropes course in Marburg: what was built in 2026 and what it says about the industry.
2026-08-22
Wald-Abenteuer: three climbing parks, one operator
Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Leiwen an der Mosel and Velbert-Langenberg belong to the same operator. What the three climbing forests share, where they differ - and which suits whom.
2026-08-21
The Action Forest climbing forest at the Titisee
Nine courses on the Hirschbühl above the Titisee, tickets from 22 to 32 €, climbing from 1.10 m. What the Action Forest climbing forest in the Black Forest offers, what it costs and what to sort out before you go.
2026-08-20
High ropes courses with no ticket desk
Around a quarter of the sites in this directory take no walk-in visitors. Why that is deliberate, what those houses can do instead – and how a family still gets in.
2026-08-20
The Retzhof is our first premium partner
The Hochseilgarten Schloss Retzhof in Wagna has given us photos, its logo and detailed information. What a premium entry shows, what it costs – and what it expressly does not buy.
2026-08-19
Fear of heights in a high ropes course
Why almost everyone feels fear ten metres up, where the line between ordinary height vertigo and acrophobia runs, and how to plan a visit when you already know it will feel bad up there.
2026-08-17
Kletterwald Graz – new in the directory
A reader told us the largest ropes course in Styria was missing from our directory. He was right. What makes Kletterwald Graz stand out, and why gaps like this occur.
2026-08-16
The inclusive high ropes course – climbing with a disability
Since April 2026 Marburg has a high ropes course built for wheelchair users, people with muscular weakness and visually impaired visitors. What inclusive climbing means technically, what it cost and which questions to ask before you go.
2026-08-14
Zip lines in Austria: sites and prices
Where to find zip lines and flying foxes in Austria – from 2.5 km at the Stoderzinken to the short park run, with prices, weight and height limits.
2026-08-13
Climbing course: layout and difficulty
How a climbing course is built, how to read the colours from green to black, and how to find the course that suits your own group.
2026-08-12
Climbing park: visit, prices and age limits
What a climbing park is, how a visit works, what it costs and from what age children may climb – with figures from 79 facilities in Austria.
2026-08-11
High ropes courses in Austria: the overview
Every high ropes course and climbing park in Austria by province – with prices, heights and the difference between a public park and genuine team training.
2026-08-10
How this directory is built – a progress report
91 climbing parks in two countries, each researched individually. What is already there, what is missing, and why we would rather leave a gap than invent a number.
2026-08-09
The largest climbing parks in Austria
Where you find the most courses, the most stations and the longest climbing routes - an overview of the big sites from Groebming to the Montafon.
2026-08-08
Forest rope park
In a forest rope park the courses hang in living trees. That brings shade in the heat and shelter in the rain – and places particular demands on construction and upkeep.
2026-08-07
Climbing parks with children - what works at what age?
Some sites let children climb from the age of two, others go by height instead of age. An overview of the rules and what parents should watch out for.
2026-08-06
Flying fox and zip line - the longest cable descents
2.5 kilometres in one go, 150 metres across a bathing lake, 31 cable descents in a single site: where things go downhill fastest.