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Lutsen Mountains is a ski area in the north central United States; an Alpine skiing area located on the North Shore region of Cook County in northeastern Minnesota. It is home to 95 runs across 4 mountains, with a maximum vertical drop of 825 feet. [3] Average snowfall accumulation is around 10 feet each season. [3]
Mieders Summer Toboggan Run. Serlesbahnen. Monorail coaster. The world's steepest alpine coaster with a monorail track, 2.8 kilometres (1.7 mi) long. Imst Alpine Coaster. Imst, Tyrol. Coaster. The world's second longest mountain coaster, 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) long. Sommerrodelbahn Pendolino.
A summer toboggan is an amusement or recreational ride which uses a bobsled -like sled or cart to run down a track usually built on the side of a hill. There are two main types: an Alpine coaster or mountain coaster is a type of roller coaster where the sled runs on rails and is not able to leave the track, whereas with an Alpine slide the sled ...
Racing career. Born and raised in Lutsen in northeastern Minnesota, Nelson's family ran the local ski area and she was on skis before the age of three. She raced in all five alpine disciplines, with a focus on downhill, and was on the World Cup squad of the U.S. Ski Team at age 16. [1] Nelson won the silver medal in the downhill at the 1982 ...
Alpine is a census-designated place (CDP) in the Cuyamaca Mountains of San Diego County, California. Alpine had a population of 14,696 at the 2020 census, up from 14,236 at the 2010 census. Alpine had a population of 14,696 at the 2020 census, up from 14,236 at the 2010 census.
Mount Darwin is the highest summit of the Evolution Peaks of the Sierra Nevada. Mount Tom in the Sierra Nevada. San Gorgonio Mountain is the highest summit of the San Bernardino Mountains and the third most topographically isolated California peak. Telescope Peak is the highest summit of the Panamint Range.
The San Jacinto Mountains are the northernmost of the Peninsular Ranges, which run 1,500 km (930 mi) from Southern California to the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula. The highest peak in the range is San Jacinto Peak (3,302 m; 10,834 ft) NAVD 88, [3] and the range is also a Great Basin Divide landform for the Salton Watershed to ...
The highest point in the range is White Mountain Peak, which at 14,252 ft (4,344 m) is the third-highest summit in California. This peak is actually an extinct volcano rising about 1,600 ft (490 m) above the plateau surface. The summit is composed of Mesozoic metavolcanic rock – lava lifted and melted by rising granite.