NAMED AFTER: The legendary snowbeast of the German and French
Alps.
THEME: A mysterious snowbeast takes alpine skiers on the
mostchilling ride of their lives as six staggering inversions turn an
innocent ski lift into a blizzard of fright. This eerie creature is now
stalking the hamlets of Busch Gardens, Williamsburg, just as it did in
the French and German Alps of long ago.
RECORDS AT OPENING: Tallest(195ft.), Tallest vertical loop
on an inverted coaster(106 ft.), highest Cobra Roll and Immelman in the
world
INVERSION ELEMENTS: The "Immelman," a diving loop named
for a WWI fighter piolet, a Cobra Roll, a Zero-G Roll, a Flat Spin, and
a High Speed Spiral.
TRACK LENGTH: 3,828 feet
LIFT HEIGHT: 195 feet
VERTICAL DROP: 170 feet
VERTICAL LOOP HEIGHT: 106 feet
TIME: 3 min, 10 sec
SPEED: 67 mph
CARS: 3 trains of 8 4-passenger across cars
OPENED: April 11, 1997
WHERE: Busch Gardens, Williamsburg |