Longest Alpine Coaster in Imst, Austria

[brosb4ho0s]

wheres the horn to honk them off the track when you need one?

[dsanford12]

looks awesome , how do they get the little cars back up to the top

[jimsurgent]

@dsanford12 There are 2 lifts side by side, and the one on the left has hooks that they hang the cars from. The loop between my feet is what they use to hang the car on the lift hook.

[333iskateallday]

1:51

[125AXer]

Awesome. This has to be set up so that it can be run the entire length without using the brakes, disappointing to get stuck behind someone who insists on slowing down. Call me a thrill-seeker, but.... give me an unimpeded track!

[jasonzelda]

absolutely beautiful scenery

[thehangover69]

knew it would be a women who stepped out the one in front.

[Crysis2pro]

mine cart!

[timpsonhammer]

nice shoes are those for alpine slide racing?

[jimsurgent]

@timpsonhammer They are actually motorcycle boots, from TCX.  We stopped at the slide while on a motorcycle trip.

[UrbanLeopard13]

are there any mountain lions there?

[jimsurgent]

@UrbanLeopard13 Nope.

[ReecKLessViRuZz]

were u the on one there?

[jimsurgent]

@ReecKLessViRuZz Yup!

[elektrofunk77]

Is the video while you are on the ride sped up at all? It seems to be going awful fast for am alpine coaster!

[jimsurgent]

@elektrofunk77 Nope! This is actual speed.

[4373fg]

I wonder what would happen if like a bear came by just as you were crossing

[jimsurgent]

@4373fg The combined weight of the car and me would probably cut it in half.

[longlaakdal]

Oh i was there on school trip skie  lot of snow

[tornadogirl9]

i liked the part when he was in austria

[BrRrRrRrrrrRrrrrR]

Fucking pace car in the front

[ultimatefreedom1983]

AUSTRIA IS DA SHIT!!!!!!......

[ginopunsalan]

Nothing like a slow driver to ruin your ride.

[HattieLovesCattie]

@ginopunsalan You can say that again.The first time I rode a alpine slide was in Winter Park,Colorado.A an old man with his granddaughter on his lap in front of me stopped 100 feet before the end.I yelled at him to keep on going!!!!

[ihatemadmoe]

imst is beautiful

[bbanksy1]

Wouldnt want to run into a pissed off Grizzly Bear on the way down.....just kidding. What a cool ride!!!

[Chicken3gg]

@bbanksy1 there are no grizzlys in austria

[b18c5specR]

What kind of pants are those?

[jimsurgent]

@b18c5specR They are motorcycle pants made by Olympia. I love them! We were on a motorcycle trip, and stopped here to ride the coaster. You can see more at olympiamotosports website. They are the AirGlide pants.

[rimsmash]

how do the get the carts back up the mountain???

[jimsurgent]

@rimsmash There are two lifts side by side. The carts are hooked on the lift on the left.

[tornadogirl9]

@rimsmash god brings them back up

[nudist0885]

Do you think they'd let me ride down on one of these cars wearing nothing but my sneakers while holding the rest of my clothes in small bag in my lap?

[jimsurgent]

@nudist0885 Umm, probably not. Austria is a very conservative country, and this is a family type attraction.

[nudist0885]

Could you imagine how much fun it would be if a track was laid out between the top of the mountain (in the upper right corner in the beginning of this video) and the lowest point in the valley below (wherever that is)?

Imagine a ride like this that's 10 kilometers long (or longer).

I'd spend a weeks pay just riding that monster 5 times in 1 day.

[nudist0885]

I just looked at a google map to find where this place is.

You look for Imst on the satellite screen and then turn towards Hoch-Imst. Just above Hoch-Imst there's a huge open field and to the left there's a clear cut at least 100 feet wide into the mountains.

The entrance is at the end of Untermarkter Alm.

You can see the track itself if you zoom in to the 100 foot level.

[nudist0885]

I just noticed that "the wife" in the car in front left the view of the camera at 1:51(and the hubby didn't get released until 2:02), but he had already caught up to her by 2:52.

[nudist0885]

Ok, maybe not 500 tracks across 38 states, but easily 100 tracks across 25 states (even in the plains states like North Dakota and Nebraska).

[nudist0885]

As expansive as the "lower 48" are here in the U.S. and as many mountain ranges and even small hills as we have we could have about 500 of these tracks scattered across 38-40 different states.

[pr0jv]

to bad u had to break ...

[Porsiba]

To the batcave!

[dfkiller8823]

WHO SHOULD HAAVE ran up on him

[jimsurgent]

@dfkiller8823 The car in front was the wife! :)

[ZTubeUserName]

Looks like fun!  Check this one out:

youtube.com/watch?v=iqCkICXWdW­I

[jimsurgent]

@ZTubeUserName Awesome vid! I'll have to try that one next time!

[caparzo2142]

motorcyle pants and shoes? ;-)

[jimsurgent]

@caparzo2142 Yea, we were on a 12 day motorcycle trip!