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RailBlazer

Steel Single Rail at California's Great America, Santa Clara, California. Opened 2018.

By Theme Park Spot · Last reviewed November 8, 2026

Height
106 ft
Drop
n/a
Top speed
52 mph
Length
1,800 ft
Inversions
3
Ride time
n/a
Designer
Rocky Mountain Construction

RailBlazer is a single-rail steel roller coaster at California's Great America in Santa Clara, California. Riders sit in single file, straddling the narrow track in eight-seat trains styled as all-terrain vehicles. The park gives a lift hill height of 106 feet, a 90-degree first drop, a top speed of 52 mph and 1,800 feet of track with three inversions, including a zero-gravity roll; RCDB lists a dive loop and a corkscrew among the elements. Riders must be at least 48 inches tall.

History

RailBlazer was built by Rocky Mountain Construction to a design by Alan Schilke, and it was one of the first two single-rail Raptor coasters, both opened in 2018. The other, Wonder Woman Golden Lasso Coaster at Six Flags Fiesta Texas, has a mirror-image layout. RailBlazer opened to the public on June 14, 2018, after a passholder preview on June 9, on the former site of the Invertigo coaster. Its theme is an off-road trip along California State Route 1.

Sources

  • sixflags.com/cagreatamerica/attractions/railblazer (Park page: RailBlazer, single-rail coaster with eight-passenger single-file trains; 106 ft lift hill, 90-degree drop, 52 mph, 1,800 ft, 3 inversions including a zero-gravity roll; 48-inch minimum height.)
  • rcdb.com/15412.htm (RCDB: RailBlazer, California's Great America, operating; Rocky Mountain Coasters Raptor track prototype, single rail, mirror; length 1,800 ft, height 106 ft, 52 mph, 3 inversions, 90 degrees; dive loop, cutback, corkscrew, over-banked curve; 3 trains of 8.)
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RailBlazer (Opened June 14, 2018 (passholder soft opening June 9); RMC, designer Alan Schilke; one of two single-rail prototypes opened in 2018 with Wonder Woman Golden Lasso Coaster (mirror image); off-road theme along California State Route 1; replaced Invertigo; ninth coaster at the park.)

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