Usually, corporate teambuilding conveys images of cubicles, seminars and pie charts, but one Fort Collins company is trying to add a little excitement to the same ol' same ol'.

A Wanderlust Adventure has recently added corporate teambuilding to its offerings and according to the company, the demand is out there.

The outdoors company offers a full day of teambuilding for companies. The services range from whitewater rafting on the Poudre River to the ropes course at Colorado State University.

The top needs by companies are open and effective communication, creative problem solving and working together, said Brandy Hodgson, an instructor with Wanderlust.

"A lot of people get isolated in their tasks and forget working together," Hodgson said. "Rafting is a real world, real risk adventure. People have to work together."

Hodgson, who also is a middle school teacher at Poudre School District, has a 12-year background in education and teambuilding and recently earned her doctorate's degree from CSU.

Before the company heads out, Hodgson said she assesses its needs.

"Sometimes it's a matter of having fun together," she said.

A typical teambuilding day at Wanderlust starts at the CSU ropes course where participants go through the course's climbing wall and circuit course, all while learning to work together, Hodgson said.

"Experience success physically -- that is what the challenge course does," she said. "Then it's 'how can we bring this back to the office?' It's all about bringing education to the corporate world and (creating) successful relationships."

Then after a catered lunch, the groups head up to the Poudre, where problem solving and trust is emphasized. Groups can choose between Class II or Class III trips.

Though some may be hesitant at the beginning, Hodgson said most participants get into the fun by the end.

"For the most part, people get into it," she said. "I believe in challenge by choice."

The company just began offering corporate trips two years ago. The area's resources, including the Poudre and the ropes course, are "amazingly underutilized" Hodgson said.

Bob Klein, manager of A Wanderlust Adventure, said though only a handful of companies have gone through the corporate teambuilding trips, he thinks there is a large potential market.

"Instead of going to Denver, they can do it right here in Fort Collins," Klein said. "We don't see a lot of companies that are offering this kind of program, at least in Fort Collins."

Companies that have gone through Wanderlust include an oil firm and law firms.

One of the companies that participated was Smith Breeden Associates, a global asset management firm based in Boulder.

Scott Barnard, an analyst for Smith Breeden, said the experience was great.

"We had a good time, a blast," said Barnard. "It was pretty nice. We got to know each other pretty well. All and all a good trip."

Hodgson said the hope is people come back from the experience with a different mindset.

"I get e-mails back that say it made a difference," she said. "It's people realizing people in the office have a whole different side of them they don't see in the cubicle."