New England’s Most Thrilling Zip Line Tour is Now Open
CHARLEMONT, Mass.-(Business Wire)-September 3, 2009 - Berkshire East Canopy Tours (BECT) has launched its third and longest zip line course, featuring two lines X1-2300' and X2-2600', spanning the picturesque valley between the Berkshire East Ski Area in Charlemont and a mountainside in the neighboring town of Hawley.
The new Valley Jumping Tour consists of seven separate zip lines, including five from the existing Mountaintop Tour, plus two new “extreme” lines, X1 and X2, where riders will travel nearly half a mile in each direction and can reach speeds exceeding 50 mph. At its highest point riders will be over 186 feet above the valley floor.
Berkshire East Canopy Tours opened for zip line tours in June with two offerings: the Base Area Course, at the bottom of the ski slopes, which consists of two dual zip lines 350 and 570 feet long and serves as a good introduction to Zipping. The Mountaintop Course, for the more adventurous, includes a chairlift ride to the top of the mountain and seven Zip lines ranging from 250 to 800 feet in length. This zip tour features spectacular views of the ski trails and the Deerfield River Valley below and ends with a relaxing chairlift return to the base area.
BECT general manager Jon Schaefer says, “The Valley Jumping Tour offers visitors a secure, thrilling new way to experience the outdoors and enjoy the natural beauty of the Berkshires, just in time for spectacular fall foliage.”
All three courses are designed and built by Experienced Base Learning, Inc. (EBL) of Rockford, Illinois, and all BECT guides are EBL trained and certified. “These two new lines put Berkshire East Canopy Tours in a class by themselves”, EBL founder Steven Gustafson says of the new course, “BECT will be the premier canopy tour destination in New England.”
All three canopy tours run daily. Reservations are highly recommended. To book a tour, call 413-339-6617 or go online http://www.berkshirezip.com.
Multimedia: Berkshire east Canopy Tours Zip Line X1, Berkshire East Canopy Tours Zip Line X2,
Suggested Links: What is a Canopy Tour?, Canopy Tour Reservations
About Berkshire East Canopy Tours
Berkshire East Canopy Tours is located at the Berkshire East Ski Area, a family owned and operated four seasons facility on Mount Institute alongside the Deerfield River in Charlemont, Massachusetts. Berkshire East Ski Area offers 6 lifts and 45 trails for skiing and riding and a tubing park in the winter and zip-line/canopy tours in the spring, summer and fall. For more information, visit www.berkshireeast.com.
About Experienced Based Learning, Inc.®
Since 2002, EBL is the premier installer of zip line canopy tours in the United States. EBL is an accredited vendor with the Professional Ropes Course Association, the only company currently listed as a Qualified Canopy Tour Professional, and a leader in developing industry standards for zip line canopy tours with the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). For more information, visit www.ebl.org.
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