Ski Resorts
Aerial Adventure Parks and Summer Attractions for Ski Resorts
Turn Summer Into a Stronger Part of Your Resort Business
Ski resorts already have what many attractions need most, elevation, views, trails, infrastructure, parking, lodging, and an established guest base.
Challenge Design Innovations designs and builds aerial adventure parks, zip lines, climbing structures, kids courses, and custom outdoor attractions that help ski resorts create more reasons to visit after the snow melts.
We help resort operators add summer experiences that support ticket revenue, family visits, group business, longer stays, and better use of existing mountain property.
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Add More Reasons to Visit in Summer & Shoulder Seasons
A strong summer attraction mix can help your resort:
- Increase warmer-weather visitation
- Create new ticketed activities
- Give families more to do
- Support longer stays
- Attract school and youth groups
- Expand corporate retreat options
- Add activities near lodging and dining
- Create packages with existing summer recreation
- Make better use of lifts, trails, and base areas
- Build a stronger year-round destination
An aerial attraction can work as a stand-alone experience or as part of a larger summer activity program.
Attractions Designed for Mountain Resorts
CDI can design and build:
- Aerial adventure parks
- Zip lines and canopy tours
- Kids adventure courses
- Climbing towers and walls
- Bouldering structures
- Giant swings
- Free-fall attractions
- High ropes courses
- Tree-based adventure courses
- Pole and tower courses
- Custom themed attractions
Each project is designed around your terrain, guest demographics, available space, staffing model, budget, and operating season.
Use the Mountain You Already Have
Ski resorts often have terrain that can create a memorable summer experience.
CDI can evaluate:
- Base areas
- Wooded slopes
- Existing trails
- Lift-accessed zones
- Open mountain terrain
- Areas near lodging or villages
- Family activity zones
- Existing summer attractions
- Emergency and service access
- Opportunities for future expansion
The right design can take advantage of elevation and views while fitting into the way guests already move through your resort.
Create Experiences for Different Guest Groups
A resort may need more than one type of summer activity.
A well-planned adventure area can serve:
- Families
- Young children
- Teens
- Adults
- Vacation groups
- Corporate retreats
- School groups
- Youth organizations
- Wedding and event guests
- Day visitors
- Resort members
- Local residents
Kids courses and lower-level activities can serve younger guests, while larger aerial parks and zip lines can appeal to teens and adults.
Designed Around Resort Operations
A successful summer attraction needs to work with the rest of your property.
CDI considers:
- Guest capacity and traffic flow
- Ticketing and reservations
- Staffing needs
- Age and height requirements
- Participant orientation
- Equipment storage
- Rescue access
- Daily inspections
- Weather exposure
- Maintenance needs
- Seasonal opening and closing
- Integration with other resort activities
- Future expansion
Our goal is to create an attraction that feels like part of the resort, not a separate operation fighting for staff and space.
Add New Summer Revenue Opportunities
Adventure attractions may support:
- Individual activity tickets
- Multi-activity passes
- Lodging packages
- Family packages
- Corporate retreats
- Group events
- Summer camps
- School trips
- Birthday parties
- Private rentals
- Festivals and special events
These activities can also complement mountain biking, scenic lift rides, hiking, tubing, alpine slides, food and beverage, and other warm-weather offerings.
Full-Service Project Support
CDI can support your resort from early planning through long-term operation.
Our services include:
- Site and feasibility review
- Custom concept development
- Design and engineering coordination
- Construction and installation
- Staff training
- Commissioning inspection
- Annual professional inspections
- Repairs and maintenance
- Equipment supply
- Operations reviews
- Course renovation and expansion
We also inspect, repair, and improve many courses built by other companies.
Why Ski Resorts Choose CDI
Challenge Design has designed and built aerial adventure parks, zip lines, challenge courses, climbing structures, and outdoor attractions since 1980.
CDI has maintained ACCT International accreditation for more than 26 years.
We understand that a resort attraction must be exciting for guests while remaining practical to staff, inspect, maintain, market, and operate within a seasonal business.
CDI provides one experienced partner for planning, design, construction, training, inspection, repairs, and future growth.
Plan Your Ski Resort Summer Attraction
CDI can help determine which type of adventure attraction may best fit your resort, mountain, and summer business goals.