With nine switchbacks and one 360-degree loop, it can reach speeds of up to 25 miles an hour. Inferno Mountain Coaster. Located at Purgatory Resort outside Durango, the 4,000-foot-long Mountain Coaster is a wilder ride than many of its mountain-coaster comrades.

For a single rider, the cost is $29 add $15 for a passenger. The self-controlled cart can go up to 27 miles an hour, has two 360-degree loops and takes approximately four minutes to complete. Gold Runner Alpine Coaster. Located in Breckenridge, this is a two-seater ride down 2,500 feet of elevated mountain track. The park is open daily, and for $67 you can access all three coasters (limited access on Defiance until next weekend), as well as the other rides, gondolas and cave tours. Before Defiance, this Glenwood Springs attraction already had the Alpine Coaster, the first mountain coaster in the country, as well as the Cliffhanger, the highest-elevation full-sized roller coaster in North America.

With incredible views, a 75-foot-plus vertical climb, speeds of up to 56 miles per hour and a record-breaking 102.3-degree loop, this 110-foot free-fall drop has already been added to the list of memorable rides around Colorado. On Saturday, July 9, Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park will unveil its latest attraction, high on Iron Mountain at 7,132 feet above sea level - making this the highest looping coaster in the United States.īut Defiance also boasts the steepest free-fall drop in the region.

Get ready to strap into Colorado's newest roller coaster: Defiance.

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