The Challenge Experience at The Rec
Challenge Course opening for 2024 season!
The outdoor Challenge Course is now open for reservations and will begin its season in May 2024.
The Challenge Experience located at the Rec Center on main campus offers year-round opportunities for indoor programs including games, team activities, and low elements.
Our Low Elements offer group-oriented initiatives that foster leadership, personal awareness, communication, teamwork, creativity and problem solving while staying close to the ground. Your group will focus on building a foundation of trust enabling you to develop stronger teamwork, while exploring techniques for leadership and interpersonal skills.
Program details
Details
We design a custom program for each group based on your needs and goals. Your program will start with relaxed, fun activities and progress through a series of challenges on our low elements designed to help you reach your individual and group goals.
We can plan a program for any length of time between 2 hours to 5 hours.
Group Sizes
- Our minimum group size is 10, maximum is 50.*
- Our minimum age for participation is 4th grade (or entering 4th for summer programs).
- For any group larger than 15, we will divide you into smaller working groups for some of our challenges. We can choose groups randomly when you arrive, or if you'd like to plan your smaller groups in advance, please confirm with your facilitators the number of groups to plan for (usually of 12-15 people each).
- If your participants are younger than 18 years, you will need a minimum of one adult chaperone per group. There is no charge for chaperones unless you would like them to participate in the program.
*If your group is smaller or larger, email or call to talk about your options!
Rates
Rates are per person and based on the length of your program. We can plan a program for any length of time between 2 hours to 5 hours, with the cost pro-rated based on the rates below.
CU Boulder and Public School groups:
We offer discounted rates for our CU campus community and for Colorado public schools.
| 2 hour | 3 hour | 4 hour | 5 hour | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CU students | $15 | $20 | $25 | $30 |
| CU staff | $20 | $25 | $30 | $35 |
| Colorado Public Schools | $25 | $30 | $35 | $40 |
All other groups:
| 2 hour | 3 hour | 4 hour | 5 hour | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Youth | $30 | $35 | $40 | $45 |
| Adults | $40 | $60 | $80 | $100 |
Availabilty
- The Challenge Experience at the Rec is available year-round, on Fridays from 10am-3pm and Saturdays from 9am-2pm.
- Please email to inquire about a program date or time outside our regular operating days and hours.
- We offer programs between 2 hours and 5 hours in length.
- Reserve your date a minimum of 2 weeks in advance. Our most popular times of year fill up several months in advance, so plan your reservation as soon as you know your dates!
Additional Information
- Program Checklist - Checklist to guide you through all of the steps to plan your challenge experience event.
- Orientation - What to expect, what to bring, and what to wear at the challenge experience. Share this with everyone in your group!
- Participant Waiver - Everyone in your group will need to print, sign, and bring to the challenge course on the day of your program. Help us reduce our waste by requesting paperless waivers with Docusign when you reserve your program!
- Directions and Map - How to find us and where to park.
Reservations
Are you ready to plan your next adventure on our challenge course?
Fill out a Reservation Request to let us know basic details like your group size, goals and preferred dates so that we can start planning your program. Once we have your Reservation Request form, we will get in touch with you to reserve your date and plan your customized program with you!