To open on Memorial Day weekend, 2009. Cost is said to be $75. The articles are saying that the zip line will span the Little Miami.

 

Does anyone here have any idea where the terminus would be on the eastern side of the river?

 

(I use the bike trail frequently. While the concept of the zip line is interesting, the last thing that I want to run into are crowds of people milling around on the bike trail.)

 

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20090304/NEWS01/303040049/1056/COL02

 

http://www.ohioslargestplayground.com/static/index.cfm?contentID=271

 

Ozone Zipline Adventures, based out of YMCA Camp Kern, is a full canopy (tree-top) tour consisting of 9 ziplines connected throughout the ravines of the Little Miami River Valley.

 

This high-adventure experience will be the largest zipline tour in the Midwest at well over 10,000 feet in length. It will also include two record-breaking ziplines, each estimated to be the longest individual ziplines in the continental United States!

 

Warren to get 'Ozone Ziplines'

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20090304/NEWS01/303040049/1056/COL02

 

Warren County is redefining the expression “over the river and through the woods.”

 

YMCA's Camp Kern will open "Ozone Zipline Adventures" in Warren County on Memorial Day weekend.

 

To see more, click link

I'd love to see a "trail map" of the locations of the proposed lines.

The zip line is now open: http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090630/NEWS01/306300018

 

Ozone Zipline, an educational, three-hour ride through the treetops, begins when you grab that rope and take your first step off a wooden tower and slide across the galvanized steel cable up to the next zip platform. Then you do it again, several more times.

 

Beginning Wednesday, visitors will pay $75 per person to experience seven to 12 ziplines – nearly two miles of cable – up to 275 feet from the ground. Tours are currently booked through July 20.

 

The new attraction will be open from April to December as long as the temperature is above 30 degrees. Riders must weigh at least 70 pounds.

The main change in the scope of the ride is that it doesn't travel over the Little Miami which would have been fantastic - it stays on the Camp Kern side of the river. Apparently the legal complexities of establishing the platforms in Fort Ancient were too much.

 

My opinion is that in order to succeed, this attraction will need to be heavily evangelized, because this is not the kind of region where you'd expect to find a ride like this. It's been commented on UO (and I agree) that Ohio is woefully lacking in self promotion of its natural resources attractions, so I hope the news gets out.

Operators of the Ozone Zipline Adventure in Warren County said the first year was successful for the attraction, but a local group is concerned about it being expanded across the Little Miami River.

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But, not everyone is thrilled with the ride. Camp Kern was originally going to run a line over the Little Miami River to Fort Ancient until the river preservation group, Little Miami Inc., objected, said Warren County Zoning Inspector Mike Yetter.

http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/river-preservation-group-opposes-extending-zipline-414677.html

http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/little-miami-river-watchdog-sues-over-proposed-zipline-expansion-1020195.html

 

Little Miami Inc. filed a lawsuit against the YMCA of Greater Dayton, which owns Camp Kern and the Ozone Zip-Line Adventures, on Nov. 22 in Warren County Common Pleas Court.

 

The lawsuit seeks injunctive relief and a declaratory judgment as well as motion for a temporary restraining order and a preliminary injunction to stop the proposed zipline expansion that was scheduled to start construction this month for an April 1 opening.

 

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Little Miami Inc., a non-profit organization that protects and restores the Little Miami River corridor, contends the 17.42-acre conservation easement that it purchased from the YMCA for $62,863 in July 2007 does not permit any transmission lines to go over the river easement. Little Miami Inc. and the Warren County Soil & Water Conservation District jointly own the conservation easement, according the motion.

 

They contend that like a transmission line that transmits electricity, the zipline also is a transmission line for people. In addition, the suit says the new ziplines would damage the natural integrity of the river corridor.