Tag: Alpine Coaster

The mountain coaster at Steinwasen Park

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Since my last visit to Steinwasen Park, not much has happened in the park itself. In 2014, an Alpine Coaster from the Wiegand company opened in the park. In the meantime, the Schwarzwaldpark was acquired and converted into Tatzmania Löffingen.  

Coasterbahn

Parallel to the chairlift, we climb the lift of the coaster. At the top, we slowly pick up speed over a few waves and curves before we enter the first helix. After a few bends, the second helix awaits us. Now much faster, we can have a race with the two luge tracks for a while. But even this is only short-lived, as we immediately turn off to the left. Far above an animal enclosure, we make our way to another helix. This is followed by a fairly straight path with only one wave, which leads us to the finale of the ride. This also takes place through a helix.  

The Coasterbahn is a very gentle alpine coaster with a pleasant length. The ride basically offers no real highlight; with the exception of a few waves, there are only helices and a few leisurely curves, but that’s about it. As a starter ride before the nearby Hasenhorncoaster in Todtnau, the ride is certainly not a bad choice.

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Steinwasen Park

Altmühlbob (2020)

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One of the most interesting stops during my current tour through Germany was the Altmühlbob in Riedenburg, Bavaria. Since 1999, the location is home to an Alpine Coaster by Wiegand sharing the same name. Since 2017, it is also the home to the Speedbob – a so called Sport Coaster made by Wiegand.

While the Altmühlbob provides a solid ride through a over severall smaller jumps and a bunch of serpentines, the Speedbob fully concentrates itself on camelbacks. This is unusual for a mountain coaster and more importantly even for a roller coaster. After the long ascent, the ride drops off immediately with a double down. After an intense valley, the bob takes the first camelback and thereby tries to kick us out of our seats. This is insane! Thanks god, two more camelbacks are joined immediately after. After the third airtime filled hill, we are forced to a standstill in the magnetic brake section. Shortly thereafter, the extraordinary mountain coaster ride comes to an end.

 

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Bavaria

Sommerrodelbahn Gutach (2020)

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After my visit to the animal park Tatzmania Löffingen, I headed towards the Sommerrodelbahn Gutach at the edge of the village Gutach (Schwarzwaldbahn). Located in the middle of the Black Forest, this 1450m long mountain coaster provides a very solid, albeit predictable ride experience. Hereby, the ride starts off with a bunch of serpentines, which are well interrupted by some smaller jumps and waves. The course changes a bit after the first helix in the middle of the ride. From then on, the path is a bit more open and the terrain a bit less steep. After another sequence of waves, we take another helix which leads us into a tunnel and shortly thereafter back to the start of the ride.

 

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Baden-Wuerttemberg