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Alpine Slide Pictures

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Your first glimpse of the Alpine Slide comes from the far hillside.

The second thing you notice is the sample sled and riding instructions.

$5 and a signature on a release form scores you a ride on the Alpine Slide (and the chairlift to the top).

The first part of the chairlift takes you down the hill from the park to the bottom of the slide.

On the chairlift approaching the bottom of the Alpine Slide.

Yes, there's a pile of tires to stop you if you happen to come into the end of the slide too fast to stop.

The Alpine Slide is a quarter-mile long trough that runs down the hillside opposite the park.
You ride a little plastic sled and control your own speed down the hill.

There are many warnings about being careful with your speed down the hill.
Even with the banked turns, it is supposedly possible to go fast enough to leave the slide.

It is possible to get some good speed going on those little sleds!

A nice straight section near the top of the run that's good for building up some momentum.

The whole slide cuts through the trees and makes it feel like you're going even faster than you are.
Notice the high banked turns - they're banked for a reason!

A closer look at the slide.

Good fun.