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Boulder Dash is the name of 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.
[edit] The ride
This completely unique 4,672 foot wooden roller coaster uses the Lake Compounce's natural mountainous terrain, complete with trees and boulders within close proximity of the track. The lift climbs the mountainside and then disappears from view. When it reappears, it has completed its first drop of 115 feet and is traveling sixty miles per hour as it crosses over itself and flies over the station. Much of the first half of the ride is hidden as the train climbs and drops along the mountainside. On the last drop, on-ride photos are taken and can be viewed and bought at the photo booth at the end of the exit line. Most of the ride was retracked during the 2007 off season and during the 2008 off season the remainder will be retracked. Lake Compounce bought PTC trains from Hershey Park's Wildcat and is expected to run them on the Boulder Dash for the 2008 season.
[edit] Awards and rankings
Boulder Dash was voted the world's #1 wooden roller coaster in 2001 and 2004 by the National Amusement Park Historical Association, and it took the top spot in Amusement Today's 2004 Golden Ticket Awards for Best Wood Coaster.[1] It was the fastest, longest wooden coaster on the East Coast, before "El Toro" at Six Flags Great Adventure in New Jersey was built.
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