Shivering Timbers

Shivering Timbers at Michigan 's Adventure (Muskegon, Michigan ) is a wooden roller coaster manufacturer Custom Coasters International, which was opened in 1998.

The 1641 meter long track describes a classic out- and -back layout, and reaches a height of 37 m. The first drop, on the trains reach a top speed of 92 km / h and has a slope of 53 °. In addition, the route is equipped with a 30.5 m and a 29 m high hill. Another special feature is a trick - track was installed called Element. It is a transverse sloping piece of rail on straight track, which became known in the 1920s by Harry Travers. Still further, a helix was installed. The cost for the railway amounted to about 4.5 million U.S. dollars.

In the years 2002 and 2004 the railway reached number 1 in the list of the best wooden roller coasters by Mitch Hawker 's Internet Poll.

Shivering Timbers has two trains of the Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters manufacturer, each with six cars. In each car four persons ( two rows ) can take place. As restraint system individually snap- lap bar and seat belts are used.