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Glacier 3000: Gstaad, BE Coaster The highest alpine coaster in the world, with a starting elevation of 2,971 metres (9,747 ft) and a downhill run of 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) reaching a top speed of 25 mph (40 km/h). Opened in March 2007. [10] Pradaschier Churwalden, GR Coaster Wiegand
Glacier 3000 (officially Gstaad 3000 AG) is a company that operates several cable cars. It was created in 2005 and took over the assets of the then bankrupt Glacier 3000 Région Les Diablerets-Gstaad S.A., founded in 1993. [1] The company is now based in Gstaad (Switzerland). The main cable car was opened in 1964 and rebuilt in 1999.
Since 1964, an aerial tramway connects the Scex Rouge from the Col du Pillon, 4 kilometres east of the village of Les Diablerets.The Tsanfleuron Glacier, easily accessible from the Scex Rouge mountain station, has then become part of a large ski area with several ski lifts on it, culminating at nearly 3,000 metres, that goes by the commercial name of Glacier 3000.
Les Diablerets with the massif of the Diablerets. Les Diablerets is a village and ski resort located in the municipality of Ormont-Dessus in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland.. The village lies at an altitude of 1,200 metres (3,900 ft) on the north side of the massif of the Diablerets, 3,210 metres (10,530 ft), in the Swiss Alps.
The Awesome 3000 is a youth fun run and an annual tradition for two generations of Salem-Keizer students. Nearly 90,000 have participated since the first Awesome 3000 in 1983.
The glacier is overlooked by the Scex Rouge and the Oldenhorn on the north, and by the Quille du Diable on the south. Most of the glacier is used as a ski area and is better known under the name of the company operating the ski area Glacier 3000 or Glacier des Diablerets (the latter is in fact a nearby smaller glacier on the summit of the ...
On the other peak is the viewpoint of the Glacier 3000 company. Scex Rouge is about 5 m (16 ft) higher than Glacier 3000's viewpoint. [5] Peak Walk is the world's first suspension bridge which connects two mountain peaks. [6] [7] [8]
The first form of summer toboggan was the alpine slide, which started in its present form in the 1970s. Josef Wiegand had envisioned the idea of creating a roller coaster ride for ski resorts that would take advantage of the topography of the land, rather than building a structure to create the elevation changes that traditional roller coasters required.
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