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Twister III: Storm Chaser
Wood Twister at Elitch Gardens, Denver, Colorado. Opened 1995.
- Height
- 100 ft
- Drop
- 90 ft
- Top speed
- 55 mph
- Length
- 4,640 ft
- Inversions
- 0
- Ride time
- n/a
- Designer
- Hensel Phelps Construction Co.
Twister III: Storm Chaser is a wooden roller coaster at Elitch Gardens in Denver, Colorado. The park describes it as a 10-story structure with a 90-foot drop and a pitch-black tunnel, and calls it the longest coaster in the park, with 4,640 feet of track.
The coaster opened with the downtown park on May 27, 1995, as Twister II. It is a longer and taller version of Mr. Twister, which opened at the original Elitch Gardens site in 1964. RCDB lists the ride as Twister II from 1995 to 2022; it stood idle in 2022 and reopened under its current name.
RCDB gives a height of 100 feet, a top speed of 55 mph and no inversions. The ride was built by Hensel Phelps Construction Co. to a design by John Pierce, with trains from Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters. Each train has three cars with riders two across in three rows, 18 riders per train.
Sources
- elitchgardens.com/attractions/twisteriii (Park page: 10-story superstructure, 90-foot drop, pitch black tunnel, longest coaster in the park with 4,640 feet of track; longer and taller version of Mr. Twister (1964); 48-inch minimum height.)
- rcdb.com/210.htm (RCDB: operating since 1995-05-27; make Hensel Phelps Construction Co., designer John Pierce, trains by Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters; length 4,640 ft, height 100 ft, 55 mph, 0 inversions; former name Twister II (1995 to 2022); SBNO during 2022; 3-car trains, 18 riders.)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elitch_Gardens_Theme_Park (Twister III: Storm Chaser, 1995, originally Twister II, renamed after a 2023 renovation.)
Numbers are from the ride's manufacturer and park where published; "n/a" means we have not confirmed that number yet. Spotted an error? Tell us.