Snake Road Adventure Center
Snake Road Adventure Center humble beginning was in 1985 with a full-time maintenance employee as the first coordinator. Our first high ropes course was completed that year with the help of a grant from the American Diabetes Association. The high course was built by Project Adventure a leader in ropes course construction and facilitator training. The first high course consisted of eight instructor belay elements and a zip line, all in the trees. In 1997 a new course was built consisting of two levels and over 18 challenges. Later in 1999 a 50 foot climbing tower and two zip lines were added to the challenge opportunties. Now more recently we have added an indoor climbing wall and a two person giant swing!
The Snake Road Adventure Center began developing Outdoor Education Programs to schools in the early 1990's. Since that time we have established our program and services to serve numerous school groups including: athletic teams, elementary schools, middle schools, high schools and community policing programs. Our service oriented approach, beautiful grounds and strong challenge course program give us a unique niche in the Outdoor Education program field.
In 1991, the first full-time director, Mike Trainor, Snake Road Adventure Center was hired. Mike was a part-time facilitator before becoming the director. Mike developed and nurtured the program consistently serving over 5000 participants in a year. Mike moved on to pursue other adventures in 1995 . Peter Hatlestad was hired as the next and current director in March 1996. Peter has been working the field of adventure education for over 25 years.
