Haunted Guyasuta back with frights, frills
Family fun or fright of your life — participants of Haunted Guyasuta can decide their fate.
The seasonal event, now in its 14th year, will offer a spooky-good time for all ages.
It will be 3 to 9 p.m. Oct. 21 at Camp Guyasuta, which is accessed off 23rd Street in Sharpsburg.
“We love to see all the families and the community enjoying the camp,” Ranger Mike Daniher said.
Early in the day is designated as “no scare” time; later in the day, all bets are off as goblins and ghouls emerge from the wooded grounds.
Activities include a hayride, climbing wall and a bonfire. The Trading Post will be open, and a 600-foot zip line is available to visitors 11 and older. New this year is an improved zip line that can better accommodate physically-challenged participants, Daniher said.
Advance tickets can be purchased online for $20 through Oct. 14.
The cost at the door is $25. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
A haunted trail will be brewing with fun and fright, depending on what time visitors walk through.
For the first three hours, activities offer the perfect opportunity for youngsters to enjoy pumpkins, hayrides and concessions.
From 6 to 9 p.m., creatures of the night will haunt the grounds and mummies will creep out from behind the trees and haystacks.
Daniher said he looks forward to Haunted Guyasuta each year, a time when the camp is dripping with fall-themed and festive vibes. He and a slew of volunteers spend months prepping the camp for the one-day fright fest.
“I have been helping to decorate the camp for the past 10 years,” volunteer Carol Davis said. “I absolutely love Halloween.”
Davis and others create terrifying themes where people walk through graveyards and zombie tombs, but there are other sections that simply show off the beauty of the camp in autumn.
Twin, 1,000-foot, valley-to-valley zip lines will be open for an additional cost of $10 per ride.
Only 250 tickets to ride will be sold. Zip line tickets must be purchased online in advance.
For details, visit campguyasuta.org.
Tawnya Panizzi is a TribLive reporter. She joined the Trib in 1997. She can be reached at tpanizzi@triblive.com.
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