Flying fox and zip line - the longest cable descents

For many people the flying fox is the actual reason to visit a climbing park: you clip in, lift your feet - and the rest happens by itself.

Zipline Stoderzinken: 2.5 kilometres

The longest cable descent in the country belongs to Abenteuerpark Gröbming and runs from the Stoderzinken down into the valley. That is no longer a station inside a course but an attraction of its own, with its own approach.

ACS Alpincenter Flachauwinkl: 150 metres across the lake

At the Winkler bathing lake, 150-metre cables run straight across the water. The rest of the site is around 70 exercises on platforms four to twelve metres up.

Adventurepark Gerlitzen: 31 flying foxes

If you want many descents rather than one long one, the Gerlitzen is the place: 31 flying foxes plus a ten-metre base jump.

Waldseilpark Pfunds: 100 metres across the Inn

The forest rope park in the three-country corner ends with a 100-metre flying fox across the river Inn; you return across a swinging rope bridge. Kletterwald Tannheimer Tal offers a similar length.

What to know about a flying fox

• Weight matters. Light children sometimes stop just short of the end - the staff know and will fetch them. Uncomfortable, but harmless.
• The installation does the braking. Never grab the cable yourself.
• Tie back long hair, tuck away hood strings, pocket your phone.

Every site with a map and a link to the operator is in our directory.