穿越丛林拓展设备
Elevated rope courses, canopy trails, suspension bridges and zip lines for adventure parks, camps and resort activity programmes.
Definition
A rope course is an elevated obstacle route in which participants move between platforms across rope, cable, timber and net elements, normally while wearing a continuous belay or harness. It differs from a climbing net in that it is a traversed route rather than a climbing structure, and it is governed by the European standard EN 15567 rather than EN 1176 — a distinction that matters because EN 1176 applies to play equipment for children, while EN 15567 applies to commercial adventure installations used by paying participants.
| Platform height | Typically 3 m – 12 m; higher requires engineered design |
|---|---|
| Cable / rope | Galvanised or stainless steel cable, 10–12 mm for lifelines |
| Belay type | Continuous captive trolley, or traditional clip-in with lanyards |
| Platform structure | Timber pole, galvanised steel or aluminium; often using existing trees |
| Element types | Bridge, log, tyre, net, zip line, balance beam, swinging plank |
| Age / user grade | Junior courses from ~1.1 m height; adult courses typically 1.4 m and above |
| Throughput | Typically 30–80 users per hour depending on course design and staffing |
| Standards | EN 15567-1 (construction), EN 15567-2 (operation); ACCT in North America |
EN 15567-1 covers the construction and structural design of the course, including anchors, platforms, lifelines and the fall-protection system.
EN 15567-2 covers operation — supervision ratios, participant briefing, harness inspection and rescue procedures. Both parts apply to a commercial installation.
In North America the applicable scheme is usually ACCT (Association for Challenge Course Technology) standards, which differ from EN 15567 in inspection intervals and belay requirements.
Continuous belay systems are increasingly preferred by insurers because they eliminate the most common serious incident cause — participants detaching their lanyard at height.
These apply to any supplier, including us. A quote that cannot answer them is not yet a quote.
EN 15567 is the applicable European standard, in two parts: EN 15567-1 for construction and EN 15567-2 for operation. It is a different standard from EN 1176, which applies to children's play equipment. In North America, ACCT standards are normally applied instead. A supplier proposing EN 1176 certification for a commercial rope course has likely misclassified the product.
Continuous belay uses a captive trolley that runs on a fixed track and cannot be detached by the participant, so it is impossible to be unclipped at height. Traditional belay requires participants to move a lanyard between cables and depends on discipline and supervision. Continuous systems cost more but remove the single largest cause of serious rope course incidents, and many insurers now require them.
Typically 30–80 users per hour, but throughput is determined by the slowest element and by belay change-over time rather than by the number of elements. A shorter course with an efficient belay system can serve more participants per hour than a longer course with clip-in belays. Size the course from your target throughput backwards, not from the available site area.
Yes. Annual inspection by a competent person is a legal requirement in most European markets, and EN 15567-2 assumes a documented inspection regime. Insurers commonly require documented third-party inspection regardless of local law. Budget for it as an ongoing operating cost, not a one-off commissioning item.
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