Les Diablerets: highest toboggan run in the world

The opening of the ‘Alpine Coaster’ on the glacier 3000 (Southwest Switzerland) in summer 2007 represents a very special coup for the alpine coaster manufacturer, Wiegand in Rasdorf, because it is the highest-situated coaster in the world – at a height of about 3,000 meters, almost at eye level with the Matterhorn and Mont Blanc. The expectations of the operators were far exceeded with about 16,000 visitors in the first three months after the opening. A highlight of the 935metre long coaster, open the whole year, is a 520-degree turn. With a view of the surrounding 3000 metre peaks, the run, sometimes up to six metres above the ground, offers a top-class coaster experience. The facility has 54 cars and a run takes about two minutes. (eap)