Hoffman Challenge Course

High & Low Ropes at the Hoffman Challenge Course

This workshop will place participants into hands-on leadership situations during high ropes activities at Cornell's Hoffman Challenge Course. The Hoffman Challenge Course is a premier, state-of-the-art facility on scenic Mt. Pleasant in Varna, NY. Incorporating many recent innovations in challenge course design and technology, Cornell's Hoffman course has an extensive range of both low and high element challenges. This workshop will place a special emphasis on leadership, teamwork, and group problem solving. These learning activities include a progressive series of group initiatives and individual challenges in both low and high elements that are designed to address issues of leadership, communication, planning, and trust. They are minimally physical, somewhat unconventional enjoyable activities. Most challenges are impossible to solve alone, and each may require a different approach. Skilled trainers assist groups in drawing lessons from these experiences.

Important Note: Please wear closed-toe shoes and comfortable clothes suited for light activity.  Breakfast and lunch will be provided, but students must arrange their own transporation to Hoffman.

Directions to the Hoffman Challenge Course:

• From the Cornell Fieldhouse follow Campus Road to Judd Falls Road
• Turn right onto Judd Falls Road to Rte. 366
• Turn left onto Rte. 366 and follow into the Town of Varna (about 2 miles)
• In Varna, make a right onto Mt. Pleasant Road. Follow for exactly 2.7 miles
• At 2.7 miles just before the observatory, turn left and park in the gravel parking lot
• Walk in along the tree line about 1000 feet to the HCC.

To see a map of directions from the Cornell campus to Hoffman, please click here.

Graduation Credit:

All Johnson students are eligible to use up to 1.5 credit hours from Leadership Skills Program and/or Managerial Skills Program workshops toward the MBA degree credit-hour requirements. This workshop will be worth 0.2 LSP credits.

Photos by Hanson Boyd.