Published April 15 2025
A newly designed Bellevue Adventure Park with challenging aerial features and a climbing wall opened Saturday at the South Bellevue Community Center at 14509 SE Newport Way.
“The new adventure park encourages play at new heights, challenging participants to climb, problem-solve and gain confidence in a fun and supportive setting,” said SBCC manager Dave Glenn.
For more than a decade the city has maintained a challenge course and zip line at SBCC. While the challenge course thrilled thousands over the years, including families, school groups and teams of coworkers, it was reaching the end of its life span in 2023 and has been replaced.
The new course – the Aerial Park – features technological advances in the industry, including a continuous belay system that allows users to safely navigate the course, while allowing more guests to use the features together. The Aerial Park more than doubles the number of previous features with 27 elements for guests to navigate, including cargo nets, barrels and swaying bridges at varying heights and difficulty.
A new two-sided, 36-foot-tall wooden climbing wall is also part of the Adventure Park, offering both traditional dynamic belays and auto belays for both novice and experienced climbers.
Finally, the long popular Zipline Tour is the third element of the Adventure Park. Riders can zip through the trees at Eastgate Park at up to 35 mph. There are seven zip lines and two suspension bridges.
Guests can customize their adventure by reserving time on one of the elements – aerial park, climbing wall or zip tour – or by purchasing a combination day pass to experience it all.
Bellevue Adventures also offers team-building programs for diverse audiences, from grade school to corporate groups. Group activities can take place at the new Aerial Park, Zipline Tour or on another adventure course on the site designed specifically for team building.
The course is owned by the City of Bellevue and operated by Bellevue Adventures. For more information and to book a visit, go to Bellevue Adventures.