Ride on a mountain coaster

“I started my morning on Copperhead Mountain Coaster, tucked into the trees with that crisp Ozark air sharpening every sense. It was my first coaster experience of this kind and if you’ve never done a mountain coaster, think: a single car on a steel track snaking down the hillside. Plus, you can control the speed with hand brakes by pushing forward to fly and pulling back to slow which results in the most “choose your own thrill level” ride ever (well at least to me, lol). I enjoyed the scenery that seemed as if it lasted for days. There were also long, swoopy turns with postcard-like views, when I was going deeper into the forest. I felt so at peace even as I was pleasantly screaming my head off through the twists and turns!”

“When we first got there, I felt excited… and a little nervous too. I’d never seen a roller coaster built right on the side of a mountain before. First, the coaster pulls you way, way up to the top of a hill. Then you zoom back down really fast with lots of twists and turns through the trees. The best part? You get to control how fast or slow you go! There’s a lever in your cart—push it forward to go faster, pull it back to slow down. I liked going fast… but not too fast.”