Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park
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Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park is an adventure park located above Glenwood Spring, CO about 160 miles west of Denver. Prior to 2003, only cave tours were avaible until a massive expansion took place. The park is unique due to the fact that it sits at about 7,000 feet on a mountain above Glenwood. Today, the park features numerous attractions in addition to the cave tours. The only way to access the park is via gondola.
Main attractions
The Barn and King's Row are gigantic rooms deep within the earth with cave formations such as soda straws, stalactites, stalagmites and cave bacon. It is also possible to visit “Exclamation Point”, a cliff-side balcony with panoramic views of the Glenwood Canyon and the Colorado River.
Tours available
In addition to the basic Cave Tour, it is also possible to take a more strenuous two-hour Wild tour, exploring new areas of the cave, including some belly crawling. The Wild Tour offers the most physically demanding excursion into the caves, exploring rarely visited areas in their natural, undeveloped state.
Other attractions
In addition to the cave tours, there is an outdoor recreation complex on top of the mountain with several thrill rides including the first alpine coaster in North America and Colorado's only 4D theater, mild rides, and children's activities such as a sluice box and geode cutting. There is a mountain-top restaurant, and an observation deck with a panoramic view of the Roaring Fork and Colorado River valleys.
External links
- Glenwood Caverns Website, retrieved May 14, 2007
- Glenwood Caverns Blog
- Info on the Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park cave tours
- Info on the adventure rides
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