Travel & Outdoors

The Chalet's Toboggan Chutes

Nov. 30, 2010 | 5:00 AM

No need to wait until May for that racing, dipping roller coaster thrill. Ice and gravity power the Cleveland Metroparks' twin toboggan chutes in Strongsville.

By The Numbers

Vertical drop: 66 feet
Weight of toboggan: 37 lbs.
Steps up to chutes: 124
Maximum speed achieved: 45 mph
Riders per year: 40,000
Length of chutes (slope + runoff): 700 feet
Temperature of refrigerated chute: 18° - 20°F

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