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This innovative terrain-style      As the original settlers did, visitors will eventually
 coaster races in and out of        leave Geyser Gulch for dryer parts. And on their
 control throughout the entire      way, they will pass by the old Grizzly Gulch Jail.
 land  of  Grizzly  Gulch,  taking   It looks like an outlaw just escaped, because
 guests on a thrilling high-speed   there is a big dynamite hole in the side of the
 adventure that shoots out of a     building and the roof is blasted out. Footprints
 mountain, plummets downhill,       can clearly be seen within the cell, heading
 and zips through town and          toward the hole in the wall. The door to the jail is
 countryside—forward and            wide open, and the sheriff is nowhere to be seen.
 backward. It’s the wildest   However there is a note on the wall that establishes his whereabouts:
 ride in the West!
                         Went to the Lucky Nugget. Be right back.
 As the story goes, Big       Go ahead and lock yourself up.
 Grizzly Mountain is home to not only the richest mine in the High Sierras,
 but also to the big grizzly bears it was named for. When the bears are
 hibernating, all is well. But when they wake up—look out! You never know
 what’s going to happen.

                                      The proprietress of the local saloon, along
 FUN FACT                             with a couple of her protégés, are here to
 The Big Grizzly Mountain is almost 27 meters tall and the ride   entertain guests to this town with interactive
 track is over 1,100 meters in length.  musical performances. Even the Mayor, the
                                      Sheriff and a few town folks have taken time
                                      away from their regular professions to ensure
                                      that you are treated with some true Wild West
                                      hospitality.  The music will have you kicking
                                      up your heels and raising your spirits.


 The bright and picturesque main street
 of Grizzly Gulch is quite a contrast to
 the old town area that lies just across   Down  the trail  from  the jail  is the  Grizzly
 the way. The first settlers—not very well   Gulch Assay Office. There, guests can still see
 versed in city planning, it seems—built   the lucky strike that people are still talking
 the original settlement on a dry creek   about—the gigantic Lucky Nugget, the
 bed filled with geysers. So now, between   largest gold nugget ever found in the gulch.
 the geysers that erupt when visitors   A commemorative newspaper front page
 least expect them, the leaky structures,   displayed nearby describes the happy day
 and friends who douse one another at   of its discovery, and explains the important
 every opportunity, taking a walk through the old town is like traversing a gushing   role that a “golden retriever” named “Lucky”
 gauntlet. Take note of the signs that warn: “You will get wet.”  played in digging it up. Visitors are invited to stop at the assay office and get their
          picture taken with the Lucky Nugget.



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