TreeZone Aviemore

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The TreeZone Aviemore Courses

Starting at the TreeZone Fortress, The TreeCreeper negotiates twelve obstacles up to five metres off the ground.  This course is suitable for those aged at least seven years old and 1.1m tall.  No previous experience is required.

Venture out along the Fortress Gangplank, teeter across the Postman’s Walk, jump across the Big Gap, fly down the Zip Wire, wobble over the Indiana Jones Bridge and scramble over the Mosquito Net.

Check around for Red Squirrels in the trees then head through the Floating Barrel, swing between the Hanging Islands and across the Organ Pipes. Catch your breath along the Burma Bridge, before testing yourself on the Balance Beam and the Hanging Vines on your way back to the Fortress.

Those under 1.3m tall can have another shot along the TreeCreeper while the bigger and braver amongst us can graduate to the Buzzard Course.

Aviemore Prices

Adults: £27

U18s: £20

Family (2 adults, 2 U18s or 1 adult, 3 U18s): £80

Schools and youth groups:£18

(Mon-Fri during term time and minimum of 12 people)

Participant Restrictions:

Age: 7 Years upwards (Under 12’s must be supervised by an adult on-site, the adult doesn’t need to take part)

Maximum Weight: 120kg (18st 12lbs).

Maximum Waist: 127cm (50 inches).

Minimum heights: Short courses – 1.1m and the longer courses – 1.3m

No previous experience required but a reasonable level of fitness and mobility is required.

Some interesting facts about the Aviemore Treecreeper:

• Number of obstacles: 12
• Total length: 84 metres
• Longest crossing: 14 metres (The Burma Bridge)
• Shortest crossing: 1 metre (a step across)
• Highest point: 6 metres (The Indie Bridge)
• Lowest platform: 2.5 metres (The Postman’s walk)
• Longest zipwire: 13 metres (The Mini-zip)

The Buzzard is the TreeCreeper’s big bad brother and rising to an airy fifteen metres high, twenty two challenges will test your bravery as well as your ability.

Bigger spans, wobblier bridges, wider gaps and a hanging zip wire will all challenge you as you climb steadily higher. With names like the Pogo Sticks, Pig Tails, Church Organ and Skipping Ropes don’t let the Buzzard’s defences lull you into a false sense of security. As you climb onwards and upwards, the tests get meaner until you’re just one tightrope walk away from the Buzzard’s Nest.

But that’s not all! The best way back down to the ground is via the exhilarating one hundred metre long Buzzard Zip Wire.

Some interesting facts about the Aviemore Buzzard:

• Number of obstacles: 22
• Total length: 231 metres
• Longest crossing: 11 metres (Noughts & Crosses)
• Shortest crossing: 1 metre (Buzzard step across)
• Highest point: 12 metres (The Nest)
• Lowest platform: 3.1 metres (The Wonky Bridge)
• Longest zipwire: 100 metres (The Big-zip)
• Fastest Speed: 40 km/h ….so far!

TreeZone Aviemore Location

TreeZone Aviemore is in the heart of the Cairngorms National Park,  just a few minutes from Aviemore and right next door to the Rothiemurchus Centre.

We’re fifteen minutes walk from Aviemore bus and railway stations and five minutes by car off the A9 Perth to Inverness road.  There’s ample parking and loads of other things to do once you’ve finished at TreeZone.

If you want to know how to find us, you can use the following map, or if you prefer to use a satnav, then just enter the following address details.

TreeZone, Rothiemurchus, Aviemore, PH22 1QH.  If you get lost, give us a call on 01479 811426

TreeZone Aviemore Opening times:

Treezone is open all year round with the first session usually starting at 10.00am (11.30am on Sundays).  The last challengers of the day start at 3.30pm for most of the year (earlier in the depths of winter and later at the height of summer).

In the summer we open every day and in the winter months we’re usually open Saturdays and Sundays except during school holidays when we are open every day.   However, check our website for availability if you’re not sure as we do open on selected other days.