Alpine Slide Directory: Slides Across the USA

This directory lists alpine slides in the United States, state by state, each linked to the operator's own website. Every entry is a true alpine slide, a sled in an open chute, rather than a rail-mounted mountain coaster. Track details come from the operators or their local tourism offices.

A rider on a blue sled descending a zigzagging pair of alpine slide tracks — Switchbacks and banked turns are the signature of a classic slide.

The directory

State	Slide	Town	Track notes
California	Alpine Slide at Magic Mountain	Big Bear Lake	Two quarter-mile cement tracks, chairlift to the top
Colorado	Winter Park Resort	Winter Park	3,000 feet, billed as Colorado's longest; Arrow chairlift
Colorado	Breckenridge Ski Resort, Epic Discovery	Breckenridge	Alpine Slides at Peak 8, reached by free gondola from town
Colorado	Purgatory Resort	Durango area	Dual track, more than half a mile
Colorado	Howler Alpine Slide, Howelsen Hill	Steamboat Springs	2,400-foot track, chairlift to the top
Illinois	Chestnut Mountain Resort	Galena	2,050 feet down toward the Mississippi River
Massachusetts	Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort	Hancock	2,890 feet, two identical tracks, tunnels and dips
Michigan	Crystal Mountain, Crystal Coaster Alpine Slide	Thompsonville	Two 1,600-foot tracks, Loki Quad chairlift
Minnesota	Lutsen Mountains	Lutsen	Half-mile track on Eagle Mountain, Bridge Chairlift
Montana	Whitefish Mountain Resort	Whitefish	Two banked slides, Chair 6 returns riders
Oregon	Mt. Hood Skibowl	Government Camp	Half-mile dual track, 2,640 feet, 350-foot drop
Pennsylvania	Seven Springs Mountain Resort	Seven Springs	Track reached by the Cortina Chairlift
South Dakota	Rushmore Tramway Adventures	Keystone	2,000 feet, two parallel tracks, chairlift included
Tennessee	Ober Gatlinburg, Smoky Mountain Bobsled	Gatlinburg	Parallel 1,800-foot tracks, Sky Village Express chairlift
Utah	Park City Mountain	Park City	More than 3,000 feet, Mountain Village Adventure Park
Utah	Utah Olympic Park	Park City	Included in the Summer Gold Pass
Vermont	Bromley Mountain	Peru	Triple track, about two-thirds of a mile
Wyoming	Snow King Mountain	Jackson	Half-mile, two parallel tracks, 350 vertical feet

How to use this list

Each row links to the operator, not to a booking agent. Use that link to confirm the current season, hours, ticket options, and rules before you travel. Alpine slides are seasonal and weather-dependent: most run from late spring or early summer into early fall, many switch to weekends only in shoulder seasons, and nearly all close when the track is wet. Some, like Ober Gatlinburg's, are listed by the operator as warm-month rides; others publish detailed daily calendars.

The regional pages explain each slide in more detail and add nearby things to do: the Northeast, Colorado and Utah, the Northern Rockies and Black Hills, the West Coast, and the Midwest and South.

What is not on the list

This directory leaves out rides that are not alpine slides, even when their names sound similar. Mountain coasters, also called alpine coasters, run on rails, and there are many of them across the country, including at resorts on this list. Mountain Creek in New Jersey, for example, runs an Alpine Mountain Coaster where its original alpine slide once stood, and Spirit Mountain in Duluth, Minnesota, runs an alpine coaster. They are great rides, but they are a different experience; see alpine slide vs. mountain coaster.

It also leaves out slides that have closed. The Heritage Square Alpine Slide in Golden, Colorado, once a favorite near Denver, closed permanently, as recorded by the Golden History Museum. Older directories mentioned it, along with a handful of international ski centers and indoor snow venues. This list focuses on the United States and on slides with an active operator page.

Highlights by type of trip

Longest runs: Winter Park's 3,000-foot slide, Park City Mountain's slide of more than 3,000 feet, Jiminy Peak's 2,890 feet, and Mt. Hood Skibowl's half mile.
Most tracks: Bromley's triple-track slide in Vermont.
Next to a national park or memorial: Snow King Mountain near Grand Teton, Whitefish near Glacier, Rushmore Tramway Adventures near Mount Rushmore, Ober Gatlinburg near the Great Smoky Mountains, and Purgatory near Mesa Verde.
Big-lake views: Lutsen Mountains above Lake Superior and Chestnut Mountain above the Mississippi River.
Two slides in one town: Park City, Utah, with Park City Mountain and Utah Olympic Park.
Standalone attraction parks: Alpine Slide at Magic Mountain in Big Bear Lake and Rushmore Tramway Adventures in Keystone are dedicated attraction parks rather than ski resorts, which makes them easy stops on a road trip.

Know the rules before you ride

Every operator sets its own height, age, and weight rules. At many slides, children under 48 inches ride with an adult, and solo riders must meet a minimum height or age. Combined weight per sled is often capped, commonly at 300 pounds. Some operators require a signed liability waiver for every rider. The riding with kids page puts several sets of rules side by side.

Suggest a slide

Know an operating alpine slide in the United States that belongs here? Use the contact page and include a link to the operator's own page describing the slide.

Sources

Before you go. AlpineSlide.com is an independent guide and is not affiliated with the resorts, parks, and attractions it describes. Seasons, hours, rules, and ticket options are set by each operator and can change with the weather. Confirm the details on the operator’s own site before you travel.

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