Westworld Saskatchewan

Summer 2012

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by the way Air Time Known for its camping, hiking, swimming and stargazing, Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park has taken it up a notch. Cypress Hills Eco-Adventures — winner of Tourism Saskatchewan's 2011 Rookie of the Year Award and celebrating its oneyear anniversary this summer — tops out the park's roster with ziplining, wall climbing and slacklining. Enjoy a bird's-eye view of lodgepole pine as you zipline some 14 metres off the ground. Get a grip on one of four routes to the top of the 10-metre-high climbing wall. Or, much closer to the ground, tap into your inner Wallenda and try 62 W E S T W O R L D p62-63_ByTheWay.indd 62 >> SUMMER 2012 slacklining, promoted as "the newest innovation in balance sports, which requires strength, determination and concentration to master." Unlike a rigid, round tightrope, the two-inch-wide, flat nylon webbing — tensioned between two trees — stretches and bounces while you stand, walk, kneel and, if you wish, perform tricks on it. Cypress Hills Eco-Adventures is open May-October. i 1-800-662-4466; zipcypresshills.ca Visit caask.ca/wwonline for more details and photos of Cypress Hills Eco-Adventures. Alynne Hamre 4/16/12 9:18:56 AM

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