Boulder Dash is a wooden roller coaster located at Lake Compounce in Bristol, Connecticut. It first opened in 2000 and was built by Custom Coasters International. The ride's structure was built with Southern Yellow Pine wood and the track is made of Douglas Fir wood.
The cars were built by Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters Incorporated.
This 4,672 foot wooden roller coaster uses the Lake Compounce's natural mountainous terrain, complete with trees a...
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Boulder Dash
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Train Configuration:
Propulsion:
Track Length:
- 1,424.0256 m (4672 ft )
Ride Type:
Park:
Opened:
- May 21, 2000
Manufacturer:
Max Speed:
- 96.56064 km/h (60.00048 mph )
Height:
- 15.24 m (50 ft )
Drop:
- 35.052 m (115 ft )
Capacity (riders per hour):
- 1,800
Height Restriction:
- 1.2192 m (4 ft )
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