It probably won’t be quite this exciting.

Snowbird ski resort will install a highly controversial roller coaster on its mountain.  The Salt Lake County Planning Commission voted unanimously to approve the “mountain coaster” last Wednesday.  Snowbird already has summer rides including:  “the Alpine Slide, Mountain Flyer, Ropes Course, Climbing Wall, Kids’ Inflatables, Bungy Trampolines and Mechanical Bull will all open June 8th,” said The Ski Channel.

– 3,100 foot long track
– Toboggans will be pulled up by a cable to the top
– Toboggans holding two passengers each will run the coaster
– Loading and unloading of toboggans at the base of the Peruvian Express Chairlift
– Will be entirely on private land
– No blueprints available yet
Park City ski resort already has an “Alpine Coaster.”
Alpine Coaster @ Park City

COASTER PROS:

– It’ll be damn fun

– Boost summertime business in Little Cottonwood Canyon

“This is an important project for us to help keep our company competitive and a competitive business and will also help to contribute to the local economy and local tourism.” –  Snowbird General Manager Bob Bonar

protesting the original coaster plan

COASTER CONS:

– It could be an eye-sore

– The environmental impact of building it

“It’s gonna be, like, lame, dude.” – local environmentalist

Do you folks think this is all too much?  Is Snowbird turning into a circus?

Check out the original plans for the roller coaster:

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