It is not always possible to escape from St. Petersburg for a few days and live in a tent, feeling the romance of white nights in nature. There may not be home camping equipment, the same tent, and sleeping bags. You can buy something, but unless this equipment is useful not so often. But you can always find a way out - to relax, recharge your batteries, feel extreme, going to the Norwegian rope park "Walnut", located near St. Petersburg.
"Walnut" - a town in the air
The park is located in the village of Orekhovo, where you can come by train from St. Petersburg. Designers and builders of this amazing town in the air (height above ground from 1 to 25 meters) are specialists from Norway and France. All equipment of the rope park has been tested for compliance with European standards. So, you can safely fly between the pine trees, feeling like Tarzan, and be calm that the cables, ropes and carbines are reliable in the rope park "Walnut". The climbers, among whom there are pros and beginners, will be satisfied with the airways, and there are ten of them in the park, and the stages of passing, which are 200. Special training to overcome obstacles is not needed, you need to have an irresistible desire to overcome fear and feel the joy of free flights between trees.
About the rope park tracks
The age of the participant does not play a decisive role in the course. The smallest, from the age of 4, are identified on children's tracks. An adult family member or instructor is always with them. Usually these are very light tracks. The nursery is half a meter above the ground, and the passage of a child through it represents a game in which there are small obstacles. In the rope park "Walnut" there are family runs where the participants are adults and children of sports families. Sports and extreme pass participants individually. There is a "black track" in the park, similar to skiing, it is very difficult, and well-trained and bold climbers can pass it.
Do not despair if in the middle of the track it became scary or lost your nerves, there is always the opportunity to get off the stage of passing. This will help the instructor. In the rope park "Nut" (St. Petersburg) there are such routes, there are 38 of them, where people literally fly at an altitude of 25 meters above the ground. These flights are carried out thanks to trolls coming from the tower. From here begins the start of several tracks. It’s scary to fly right away, but even those who were afraid of heights still decide on these flights. The longest flight from one top of the tree to another has a length of 200 meters. On this route, participants receive a jump in adrenaline. The thrill will be on small spans of 50-150 meters .
Road Safety
Only instructed participants are allowed to complete the course. If these participants are not the first time to be in the Orech rope park, they should still be instructed before passing. Everyone is obliged to know how many people can be on the rope at the same time and how many on the nests that are around the trees. Before the start, all the equipment necessary for passing the track is issued. The participant must have sportswear and shoes. Separate conversation about shoes. It should be non-slippery and with a rubberized toe.
Without safety belts, cables and other devices no one is allowed on the track. Human safety is the first rule. No matter how high the participants are, they are always on insurance, which is only unfastened when the feet are on the ground. It is worth noting that, thanks to European technologies for fastening structures, trees do not suffer from the load in the rope park "Walnut". In St. Petersburg, where the branches of Orekh — the Elagin park and the Okunevaya park — work, naturally, the same technologies work.
Important details
Participants in the trail in the rope town in the village of Orekhovoy may not rush home if they have left for more than one day. In the country club "Walnut" you can book places in cottages. Cost - from 4000 rubles per room. There are rooms at the Fregat camp site starting at 1,500 rubles, or at the Zhuravushka recreation center , starting at 2,400 rubles per room.
Near the rope park there is the Ozerny restaurant, where after the circus tricks you can eat European cuisine if you did not bring food with you.
And most importantly, the cost of the route: a children's ticket - 700-1000 rubles, an adult - 1000-1800 rubles.