Next Event: Cypress Valley Canopy Tours, April 30-May 2, 2010
Katori Trails
Venue: Camping at Krause Springs, High Ropes at Cypress Valley Canopy Tours (Spicewood, Texas)
Course Number: 33271
Date: April 30-May 2, 2010
Cost: $85 per person includes two nights of camping at Krause Springs, use of Krause Springs amenities, and basic zip line tour at Cypress Valley on Saturday morning or afternoon (option added to allow for those who are driving up Saturday morning.)
To register online go to www.registerymca.org. Click on the activities tab and then enter the course number below for the appropriate campout in the course section. Click the Add button. If you do not know your login information you will see a button to click to have the information sent to the email address we have on file for you on your membership (which we have learned is not always your Katori dbase address). The course number is 33271.
When you register please email brian.haines@katoritrails.com and inform me if you are driving up Saturday morning and need afternoon spots. Otherwise let me know whether you prefer morning or afternoon spots. We have reserved 39 spots for now based on last year's attendance and about half are in the morning. First requested, first served.
Additional option: Challenge ropes course may be available on Saturday afternoon or Sunday as an optional $65 per person additional charge. If you want to participate in the Challenge Course as well please contact Brian Haines for special arrangements.
Contact: Brian Haines, brian.haines@katoritrails.com
Payment Collection Period: Closed on Friday, April 16.
Camping: Located approximately 30 miles west of Austin, Krause Springs is a long time favorite camping/picnic venue for Austin area residents and students. It is a beautiful and unique location with a spring-fed swimming pool, overlooking a natural limestone swmming hole with a waterfall, surrounded by huge river cypress trees. After doing the basic tour at Cypress Valley on Saturday morning, participants can easily spend the entire afternoon exploring and enjoying Krause. For more information, check them out at http://www.krausesprings.net/.
Cypress Valley Canopy Tours: CVCT is located 10 minutes from Krause. The facility is family owned and operated and is patterned after Rainforest zip line tours one can find in places like Costa Rica. The basic tour 'zips' you from one canopy platform to the next. The fear factor is low and less of a 'gut check' experience than the zip lines at McKinney Roughs or Hamman Ranch, but the scenery and continually elevated launching areas make this a unique experience. Participants will be taught to hand-brake to prevent a "George of the Jungle" crash landing. The tour includes short history and nature lessons along the way. The entire experience at CVCT will last about 90 minutes. Afterward there is a picnic area and pending some drought-ending rains, a trapeze zip into the lake that will be open for those who want to swim.
The optional Challenge course is higher, faster, longer and definitely back in the 'gut check' category. It consists of a series of high rope elements some of which are unique to CVCT. By the owner's own admission, some elements are designed to be almost impossible to navigate. For each stage of the tour, however, there are alternate ways to get from point A to point B, some of which are no more than a challenging footbridge. If you and your child have mastered some of the harder elements in other Adventure Guides and Trailblazer venues, the Challenge Course will provide a further test and a different type of ropes experience.
You can learn more at www.cypressvalleycanopytours.com, but again if you Google it there are other perspectives out there on the net.
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