Mountain/Alpine Coaster or Alpine Slide Discussion Thread

[ratdogg68I'm a know-it-all about donkeys!]

I would count it as a credit. You ride up a lift hill, and then coast down the mountain. Yeah it's like a alpine slide in a way, but you don't take a chair lift to the top and then place your own slide and go. You ride up the rails and just take a "Scenic" coast down the mountain.
Everyone considers the " Scenic Railway" as a coaster. It's about the same, both have a brakeman, and they coast through the course. The only difference is a "Scenic Railway" goes uphill also.
But that's just my opinion

[Liseberg4everBANTRONNED]

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[packfanlv"Been Around The World And Realized Only Stupid People Are Breeding"]

For those who think this is an alpine slide it is not. For one, it runs fixed on the track. Each car is attached via wheels that run on top and underneath the track like a coaster. While it probably fits into the mountain coaster genre, it certainly isn't an alpine slide. Here is a close up of the wheels sitting on the track. Again this car has no leeway at all, it simply uses gravity to run down a fixed track.

Of course as was said before, if you don't count mountain coasters than this probably isn't a credit for you. On the other hand,if you do than count it. I know that I will be counting it! I also have a much better video that I will try to post that gives a better idea of the ride since I was sitting directly behind the brake man. I also got some shots of the great wall in the video which gives a better idea of the awesome surroundings.

Thanks for responding everyone! I am enjoying reading all of the opinions and am honestly learning a lot.

[spendalifetimeI Guess Donkeys Are Okay]

Alright,
on here a few years ago i was looking through the list of parks, and came across one that was in like a resort high up some mountains/hills? There was maybe some shops or some other things there i cant remember
There was only one ride there i think and it was a massive alpine style ride that twisted between trees, through fields, through forests ect... it must have been about 4 miles long and the track was just like a long silver pipe?
Im sure there was POV video of the entire ride aswell, but ive looked everywhere and i cant find it!
any ideas of the name of the park/ride? would be appriecited

[CTU AgentThai Hedrick]

Was it this alpine slide at Ober Gatlinburg?
http://www.obergatlinburg.com/alpine.htm

If so, TPR's awesome park index has a few photos here:
http://www.themeparkreview.com/parks/photo.php?pageid=156&linkid=1610

[themeparkman25I get wet for Manta!]

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[SharkTumsSite Admin]

Sounds like maybe you're talking about one of the European Alpine Coasters?

Did the track look like this:



or like this?

[PufferfishEurofighters are Red Dawn Awesome!]

I know exactly what you are talking about. I have seen the video of it several times on youtube, sadly I have forgotten the name of the place. I do know it's at a ski resort in Europe and they have a couple other rides there like a giant zipline and giant swing. I will keep looking for it and hopefully I will find it as it is one of the coolest things I've ever seen.

The ride itself is a single rail you ride down much like on Steeplechase at Alton Towers. This thing has about 4 tunnels all with decently sized drops and if you don't use the brakes too much, you can reach about 45-50 mph on it.

[thrillgeekNo longer TPR's Rock Band expert!]

My guess would be the 1st pic Elissa posted. Congrats on your 1st post btw!

[PufferfishEurofighters are Red Dawn Awesome!]

Well, I just found one of what I was thinking of. I don't know if it's the same thing you were thinking of or not, but here's the video:


YouTube Videolink


It's located in Mieders, Austria. I wish I could find the other one again though because the entire place it is at is pretty cool.