An alpine slide is a long chute on the side of a hill, usually built by ski resorts to supplement summer income. A wheeled cart is used to navigate the slide. The ride is similar to a bobsled ride, except that it rolls over a smooth track—generally cement, stainless steel, or fiberglass—rather than sliding on ice. The cart usually accommodates one or two passengers and is controlled by a hand brake located between the rider's legs. Pulling the hand brake handle causes the cart to stop; pushing or letting go of the handle causes to brakes to release and allow the cart to accelerate. The ride is unique among amusement type rides in that the rider has complete control over his or her speed and ride experience. With this control comes responsibility: the rider does have to ensure that the cart is not going too fast; otherwise it is possible that the cart will overturn at curves causing the possibility of injury and sometimes death.

Alpine Slide Locations

• Winter Park Resort
  Winter Park Resort
  Winter Park Resort is an alpine ski resort in Winter Park, Colorado in the Rocky Mountains. Located just off U.S. Highway 40, the resort is about an hour and a half's drive from Denver, Colorado....
  
  , Winter Park, Colorado.
• Breckenridge Ski Resort
  Breckenridge Ski Resort
  Breckenridge Ski Resort, or just Breck, is perenially one of North America's top 2 most visited ski resorts, and is located in Summit County, Colorado in the town of Breckenridge...
  
  , Breckenridge, Colorado, 3 fiberglass slides.
• Steamboat Springs, Colorado
  Steamboat Springs, Colorado
  The city of Steamboat Springs is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and the most populous city of Routt County, Colorado, United States. The city is also known as "Steamboat," "The Boat," or "Ski Town USA". As of the 2010 census, the city population was 12,088.The city is an...
  
  , Steamboat Springs, Colorado, in Howelsen Hill Park.
• Heritage Square
  Heritage Square
  Heritage Square is a Storybook Victorian theme park shopping village at Golden, Colorado. It was originally built as Magic Mountain in 1957-59 by a group spearheaded by prominent Wheat Ridge businessman Walter Francis Cobb and Denver sculptor John Calvin Sutton. They hired Marco Engineering,...
  
  , Golden, Colorado, 2 slides.
• Durango Mountain Resort
  Durango Mountain Resort
  Durango Mountain Resort, also known by its former name Purgatory is a ski resort located in the San Juan Mountains of Southwest Colorado, north of the town of Durango. It was originally opened in 1965 and offers 85 trails, including 2 terrain parks, the Paradise Freestyle Arena and Pitchfork...
  
  , Durango, Colorado, 2 concrete slides.
• Chestnut Mountain
  Chestnut Mountain
  Chestnut Mountain is a ski resort just west of Galena, Illinois, and20 miles East of Dubuque, Iowa It is visible from a 10 mile radius. The ski resort opened in 1959. It consists of two restaurants, a lodge with 119 rooms, a pool and hot tub area, as well as several other accommodations. It is one...
  
   Resort, Galena IL, 2 slides.
• Lutsen Mountains
  Lutsen Mountains
  Lutsen Mountains is a downhill and cross-country ski and snowboard area located on the North Shore region in Cook County, Minnesota, USA.Lutsen is one of the northernmost ski areas in the United States outside of Alaska. It is located in the rugged Sawtooth Mountains, part of the Superior...
  
  , Lutsen MN.
• Wild Mountain, Taylors Falls, MN.
• Attitash
  Attitash
  For the lake in Amesbury and Merrimac, Massachusetts, see Lake Attitash.Attitash is a ski area located on U.S. Route 302 in Bartlett, New Hampshire near North Conway. It is operated by Peak Resorts. Located in the heart of the White Mountains, Attitash is home to two mountains, Attitash and Bear...
  
   Mountain Resort, Bartlett NH, 2 concrete slides.
• Ober Gatlinburg
  Ober Gatlinburg
  Ober Gatlinburg is an amusement park and ski area, located in the mountains overlooking Gatlinburg, Tennessee, USA. Established in 1962, the area contains a large mall with indoor amusements, a skating rink, snack bars, a full-service lounge, restaurant, and gift and clothing stores. Outside there...
  
  , Gatlinburg TN, 2 concrete slides.
• Killington
  Killington
  There are several places called Killington:*Killington, Cumbria, a civil parish and hamlet in Cumbria, England**Killington Beck, the location of Killington Lake in Cumbria...
  
  , Killington VT, 2 concrete slides.
• Stowe Mountain Resort
  Stowe Mountain Resort
  Stowe Mountain Resort is a ski resort near the town of Stowe in northern Vermont, comprising two separate mountains: Mount Mansfield and Spruce Peak. The vertical drop from Mount Mansfield of is the fifth largest in New England and the fourth largest in Vermont. The resort is primarily owned by...
  
  , Stowe VT.
• Bromley Mountain
  Bromley Mountain
  Bromley Mountain is a mountain in the Green Mountains of southern Vermont, United States. It is located in Bennington County, seven miles to the east of Manchester, Vermont and just west of Peru, Vermont...
  
  , Manchester VT 3 concrete slides.
• The Super Alpine Slide Jiminy Peak, Hancock, MA.
• Park City Mountain Resort
  Park City Mountain Resort
  Park City Mountain Resort is a ski resort in Park City, Utah, located east of Salt Lake City. The resort has been a major tourist attraction for skiers from all over the United States, as well as a main employer for many of Park City's citizens. Park City, as the resort is often called by locals,...
  
  , Park City, UT, 4 fiberglass slides.
• Crystal Mountain, Thompsonville, MI.
• Kentucky Action Park, Cave City, KY.
• Alpine Slide at Magic Mountain, Big Bear Lake, CA, 2 concrete slides.
• Seven Springs
  Seven Springs Mountain Resort
  Seven Springs Mountain Resort is an all season resort located in Seven Springs, Pennsylvania. The resort is officially listed in the borough of Seven Springs but some sources still list it as Champion, as it previously was. It has a fairly high elevation for a Pennsylvania ski area, at 3001 feet...
  
  , Somerset, Pennsylvania. 2 concrete slides.
• Jackson
  Jackson, Wyoming
  Jackson is a town located in the Jackson Hole valley of Teton County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 8,647 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Teton County....
  
  , Wyoming
  Wyoming
  Wyoming is a state in the mountain region of the Western United States. The western two thirds of the state is covered mostly with the mountain ranges and rangelands in the foothills of the Eastern Rocky Mountains, while the eastern third of the state is high elevation prairie known as the High...
  
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• Chamonix
  Chamonix
  Chamonix-Mont-Blanc or, more commonly, Chamonix is a commune in the Haute-Savoie département in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. It was the site of the 1924 Winter Olympics, the first Winter Olympics...
  
  , France.
• Thredbo
  Thredbo, New South Wales
  Thredbo Village and ski resort is in the Snowy Mountains of New South Wales, Australia, and a part of the Snowy River Shire.Thredbo is about 500 kilometres south of Sydney, accessible by the Alpine Way via Cooma, Berridale and Jindabyne...
  
  , Australia.
• Mount Hood Skibowl
  Mount Hood Skibowl
  Mount Hood Skibowl is a recreation area on Mount Hood located near Government Camp, Oregon. It is the largest night ski area in the United States, and the total skiable area encompasses an area of . The resort is the closest ski venue to Portland, with an elevation of at the lodge, rising to...
  
  , Mt Hood, Oregon.
• Presidents Alpine Slide, Keystone, South Dakota.
• Utah Olympic Park
  Utah Olympic Park
  The Utah Olympic Park is a winter sports park built for the 2002 Winter Olympics, and is located east of Salt Lake City near Park City, Utah, United States. During the 2002 games the park hosted the bobsleigh, skeleton, luge, ski jumping, and nordic combined events. It still serves a training...
  
  , Park City, UT. 1 Steel Slide

Previous Alpine Slide Locations

• Mount Tom, Holyoke, MA
• Boston Hills, North Andover, MA
• Raccoon Mountain Recreation Area, Chattanooga, TN
• Action Park
  Action Park
  Action Park was an amusement park, open from 1978 to 1996 in Vernon Township, New Jersey at the former Vernon Valley / Great Gorge ski area, now known as Mountain Creek....
  
  , Vernon, NJ
• Camelback Ski Area
  Camelback Ski Area
  Camelback Mountain Resort is a ski and snowboard resort located in the Pocono Mountains region in Tannersville, Pennsylvania and Jackson Township adjacent to, and partially within Big Pocono State Park...
  
  , Tannersville, PA
• Mount Rowe/Alpine Ridge, Guilford, NH
• Song Mountain, Tully, NY

External links

• http://www.alpineslide.com
• http://todayyourhairisverynice.blogspot.com/2008/08/tyhivn-road-trip-alpine-slide-tour.html
• http://www.alpineslidebigbear.com/