Half Pipe (Elitch Gardens)

Half Pipe General [[File:|link=|center]] ' ' Park Elitch Gardens Location Denver, Colorado, USA Status Operating Operated Operated May 27, 2004 - Opened May 27, 2004 Opening Cost Height restriction Statistics Manufacturer Intamin Builder Designer Type Steel- Shuttle- Spinning Type Model Riders per train 16 Riders per hour Lift/launch system Height 98 feet Drop feet Top speed 44 mph Length feet Dimensions feet x feet Duration Inversions Steepest drop 90 Maximum g-force

Half Pipe is an Intamin AG shuttle roller coaster located at Elitch Gardens in Denver, Colorado. The track is essentially a giant "U", and the cars are loaded at the bottom of the "U". The cars are free spinning and are launched up the sides of the "U" by LIM engines.

It is currently one of two rides of its type offered in the United States (the other being Avatar Airbender at Nickelodeon Universe in the Mall of America).

On October 5, 2013, the coaster apparently derailed "and crashed" early in the morning. The ride was closed for the remainder of the 2013 season, but later reopened the following season.

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The track layout