The Avalanche/Hell Cat is a wood sit down roller coaster. It is a hybrid that was built by PTC in 2004. It is 88' tall, 2,378' long, it is fast, fun, rerideable, it has a large capacity, and a long duration.

Although it’s unusual to have such a large coaster at what amounts to a miniature golf attraction, it kind of makes sense when you consider how intense this coaster is. Its power is so concentrated, and so unrelenting, that I don’t really see it succeeding at a larger park where it might be expected to be more or a “major” attraction. That said, this coaster is extremely powerful for its size. I commented earlier that it is a large coaster, but only when compared to the park that it inhabits. It is really a rather small woodie, with a shortish lift hill. However, the first drop is very steep, and the rest of the hills on the course amount to little more than bunny hills, resulting in massive airtime. The coaster essentially circles the park twice, and the banked turns are insane. I was unable to ride arms-up in the back row, though I managed it on my final circuit in the front row. Roughness is minimal, but its intensity is significant, so my 4 total rides in a brief time period were quite tiring. Overall, this is a very unusual coaster in almost every way, and one that is certainly not lacking in the intensity department.

What a rush. This ride just flies through the course and doesn't let up. The airtime is incredible, some of the best I've ever experienced. I rode this for hours and it didn't get old or uncomfortable!

I loved this ride, although its short in height and length its short little train makes the speed almost constant. This ride is full of airtime, It seams to hold a constant fast pace through out the quick hills and turns. I was amazed at just how fast this thing really moves. Looking at it from a far you would say not that big can't be fast. I will tell you once your on board its a totaly differnt feeling, the speed of this ride is very intence and so is the airtime.
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This is probably one of the most underrated coasters on the globe. After my visit at Mount Olympus, a beautiful wooden coaster caught my eye. I though I was hallucinating, but indeed it was a brand-spanking new S&S woodie named Avalanche. I boarded expecting a rather tame family coaster, but boy was I wrong. This coaster can be best described as relentless. The first drop sets the tone as it absolutely ejected me from my seat and the rest of the ride is incredibly quick providing incredible ejector air on each hill that is unmatched by almost any other coaster. Just when I thought the ride was over, it flew past the station for a second circuit! Avalanche is an absolutely breath-taking coaster.

I have a mostly love relationship with this ride, with a bit of hate mixed in. When I rode it (roughly one year ago) I was pretty shocked at how rough it was. Not that it really hurt, rough, but it was bouncy on the turns, expecially the flat turn right near the lift, and there are times when it jams you pretty hard. But it really is still a great little wooden coaster with some of the best airtime out there, EVERY single hill has some, and even a couple of the turns also!

Quite rough, but has a very nice layout and quite a bit of airtime.

Many people believe that the Raven packs an incredible ride into a relatively small footprint. I happen to agree with them. The Avalanche, however, turns up the small ride intensity to a level far beyond the Raven. There is no slowing down, pesky trim brakes, nor hope of escape. The speed exponentially builds and builds until you crash into the brakes at the station. Nearly every hill after the lift delivers excellent airtime. In fact, I dont remember being in my seat at all over a few of the later hills. When you hit the turns it often feels like youre not going to make it, like the train is going to shoot straight off the track. Yet, somehow you make it, and with less roughness than you would suppose. I rode this 26 times in one day, and would have done more if I didnt have to leave. As everyone else says, dont miss this ride if you go to the Dells. You just might think agree with me that beats the pants off the ostensible star of the Dells. Im sure you know what ride Im talking about.

This coaster is just downright insanity from the moment you drop off that first hill. I was fortunate enough to ride Avalanche 20 times throughout the course of 24 hours [a couple of evening rides on a Friday, followed by 18 rides during three sessions on a Saturday], and wow. I left this thing bruised, battered, barely able to walk, and wanting MORE MORE MORE. Being thrown around like a ragdoll, flying out of your seat, all at seemingly breakneck speeds with no brake run in sight, its just absolute craziness. It feels as though the ride is constantly picking up speed, it flies around the turns, throwing you to the right side constantly and at the same time flinging you skywards. Youre left feeling disoriented and disjointed as you reach the station. The ride is only about 45 seconds long once youve dropped off the lift, but those 45 seconds are a blur of lateral and vertical bodypounding forces which make this coaster a surefire top ten, at least for this dizzy rider.

HO-LY FREAKING COW. If you, like me, have ever looked longingly at the Harry Traver or Prior and Church designs of the 1920s and lamented that you were born into the wrong era, think again. Only the Cyclone itself packs as many thrills into so small a footprint as Avalanche. The existence of this ride in 2005 is a minor miracle and a true blessing for the wooden roller coaster devotee.
While the Cyclone still reigns supreme by perfecting virtually every thrill available on a roller coaster, Avalanche takes a back seat to NO ONE in the intensity department. After its steep first drop, this ride is all about speed, airtime, and laterals.

SPEED. We see that word often on this board. Parks and manufacturers love to tout the speed of their coasters, and enthusiasts dutifully make the requisite prilgrimage each time the world speed record is broken. Avalanche is not the fastest coaster in the world, but it just may offer the highest perceived speed, and if youre in it for the ride, this is what counts. Unlike Top Thrill Dragster and its ilk, Avalanche doesnt just blast you down a straightaway and up into the cool blue of the stratosphere. Rather, it repeatedly hurls you face first into a mass of wood and steel. As you round the blind second turn, the steeply banked track appears to be flying right at you, as if ripped from its moorings by...well, an avalanche. The effect is so startling and exaggerated as to be almost cartoonish.

Yet while any good coaster should impart the sensation of speed, simple velocity is not the ultimate measure of a ride. For me, unbridled intensity is the benchmark of a great roller coaster, and this is where Avalanches airtime and laterals (often occuring simultaneously) come into play. They turn a fast ride into a budding legend. It is without a doubt a very physical experience, but not one that will leave you with cracked ribs, loose fillings, or realigned vertebrae. It may, however, scare you as you have not been scared by a roller coaster for some time.

If Top Thrill Dragster is like taking off from an aircraft carrier, Avalanche is like an Olympic bobsled run. If you are looking for a technological marvel, head to your nearest Six Flags or Cedar Fair park. If, however, total, wild abandonment is what you crave in a roller coaster, do whatever you need to do to get to Timber Falls Adventure. I have often harped on this in other reviews, so in the interest of integrity I should note that Avalanche is not a marvel of intricacy or variety. Its short, it has but a single drop, it only turns to the left, and the layout was obviously designed to encircle the park with whatever limitations that entailed. Im telling you it doesnt matter this time. If you love sustained intensity in a wooden roller coaster, you must visit Avalanche. For the old-school diehard, it makes the 21st Century feel like home.