Michigan's Adventure · Operating · 1998
Shivering Timbers
125 ft · 65 mph
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A massive CCI wooden out-and-back with relentless airtime hills — among the longest woodies in the Midwest.
Specifications
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Ride profile
Scaled against Michigan's Adventure's operating coasters
Park intensity
Height
125 ft
Tallest at Michigan's Adventure
Ride experience
- Out & back
- Wood
Specs from sixflags.com
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Out-and-back layouts
Leave the station, hit a big drop, return parallel — the classic speed hill formula.
Rocky Mountain hybrid coasters
Steel track on reinvented wooden structures — steep, twisted, and often relentless.
Track compliance — why wood feels alive
Wood flexes; steel is stiffer — the same forces feel different on each structure.
Twister layouts
Helixes and direction changes stacked in one direction — classic wooden feel.
History
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Timeline
1998
Shivering Timbers opens
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Sources & official links
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- Michigan's Adventure — official sitesixflags.com(opens in a new tab)
- Michigan's Adventure on Coaster AtlasPark page
- Ride specifications sourcesixflags.com(opens in a new tab)
- Custom Coasters International — manufacturercustomcoasters.com(opens in a new tab)
- Hero photo (See Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0)Image license & attribution(opens in a new tab)
- Official POV — Licensed POVWatch on YouTube(opens in a new tab)