From CBS Denver:
Colorado will be home to a new, record-breaking rollercoaster. Ground was broken recently for “Defiance” at Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park in Glenwood Springs.
The ride will take riders 7,132 feet above sea level, which organizers say, will make it the highest looping rollercoaster in the country. They say it will also feature a 110-foot beyond vertical, record-breaking 102.3-degree free-fall drop, the steepest in the Western U.S.
The coaster got its name in honor of the original name of Glenwood Springs in 1879 when prospectors and miners “defied the elements, norms and laws of civilization,” park officials stated.
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