What happens on the day?
Please arrive approximately 30 minutes before your start time with completed electronic medical forms.
Please complete your consent form before arrival by clicking the ‘View Required Documents’ tab on your booking invoice; this will allow you to complete the forms online.
Completing before hand will mean we can get straight out on activities without delay.
If you are organising a group booking, you can send a consent form directly to all participants via email.
For a young person (under the age of 18), this needs to be completed by a parent or guardian.
We’ll start the experience with a safety briefing, and then we’ll get kitted out with a climbing safety harness and helmet.
Next, we’ll take you out on the practice course, where you’ll learn the necessary skills to keep you safe, including the buddy system, which will enable you to work effectively with your fellow adventurers.
When you’re ready, we’ll move on to the real thing, and your newfound skills will be put to the test!
First, we cross the beam over the gushing water below. Next, we traverse the gorge walls using a network of metal cables, and we’ll finish off with a number of aerial cables spanning the gorge. There are three different styles of cables.
- The Postman’s Walk has one top cable and one cable to walk on.
- The Burma Bridge has two cables for your hands and one foot cable.
- The Tyrolean Traverse is a top cable with a pulley, like a horizontal zip wire.
Once you’ve cracked the via ferrata we can up the challenge with an abseil from the bridge. This takes you back onto the high wire course – which we can now reverse!
Meeting place or location
How Stean Gorge, Lofthouse, Pateley Bridge, Harrogate, North Yorkshire. If you’re driving in, the postcode is HG3 5SY – Meet at reception, and you’ll be introduced to your instructor. The via ferrata course is literally only feet away from the car park.
When does this take place?
Daily: Activities generally start at 9.30am for morning sessions and 1.30pm for afternoon sessions. This activity is available throughout the year, however, we do constantly monitor weather conditions for safety purposes. Booking is essential.
- Morning: 9.30am
- Afternoon: 1.30pm
What do I need to bring?
We recommend you wear comfortable clothes you don’t mind getting dirty and trainers. You will be brushing the gorge walls during the activity so get ready to get dirty. Please bring along a waterproof coat and trousers just in case of rain. You can use our hot showers and changing area afterwards so don’t forget a towel. We supply all safety equipment.
