Wild Walk tour

A new wooden walkway in New York's Adirondack Mountains takes nature lovers on a

tour of the treetops to let them experience the forest from the perspective of the birds and beasts that live there. The $5.5 million Wild Walk is set on the 80 wooded acres of the Wild Center, an interactive natural history museum in Tupper Lake. It opened Saturday. Wild Walk is a chance to walk among the trees at a height that matches the High Line. “It’s surprising when you get up there to suddenly see things in a way you’ve never seen before,” said Derek Prior, who led the graphics team for the project. “It’s not that you might have never climbed a tree, or looked out a window at a scene, it’s simply that walking along the treetops in a place you have never been, and because of that, you just see everything in a different light, and can start to imagine how our regular point of view, that seemed pretty big, is really just fractional.” – Wild Walk The elevated trail has a series of winding bridges and platforms 40 feet above the ground. Visitors can climb through a realistic four-story replica of a hollow pine tree, gaze at Adirondack peaks from a lofty eagle's nest or bounce in a giant spider's web. Museum director Stephanie Ratcliffe says the Wild Walk expands on the nature center's work of connecting people with nature. More..http://budget.roadtrippers.com

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