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Attraction dossier 003 · Fantasyland

Matterhorn Bobsleds

OpenedJun 14, 1959
Height147 ft
TracksTwo
Lift hill80 ft

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50 m
2025
70th anniversary
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Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors · LiDAR: USGS
—highest point the laser scan caught above the ground around itMeasured from LiDAR
—footprint of the mountainMeasured from map data
2separate tracks: 2,134 ft and 2,037 ftConfirmed
1/100about the scale of the real MatterhornConfirmed
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How the magic is done

Every trick in the order you meet it on the ride. Each one has a working model you can take apart yourself, and every explanation is labeled by how sure we are.

Free-licence photos

The real thing

Shared by their photographers under public-domain or Creative Commons licences on Wikimedia Commons, and used as reference for the 3D model.

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Watch a ride-through

Fans have filmed the whole ride. We link to them instead of copying them, because the show inside belongs to Disney.

Ride-throughs on YouTubeLights-on videos

How accurate is this?

Every piece of the model is marked by where it came from, so you always know what's surveyed and what's our best interpretation.

Surveyed

  • The mountain’s shape: the USGS 2011 LiDAR surface, one sample per meter
  • The footprint, lagoons, monorail beams and railroad from OpenStreetMap
  • Every tree around it, from the same laser scan

Estimated

  • The forced-perspective trees on the slopes (placed by us, sized by height)
  • Where the Skyway cable ran and where its holes are

Fan-surveyed & interpreted

  • Both bobsled tracks: built to the published 80 ft lift and track lengths, inside the real footprint, but not the real track plan
  • Scene zones, the Snowman’s spots and the hoop’s location

Sources: Wikipedia: Matterhorn Bobsleds · D23: Matterhorn Bobsleds · Wikipedia: Skyway (Disney) · Wikipedia: Frank Wells · MickeyVisit: 10 facts about Matterhorn Bobsleds · OpenStreetMap (footprint, lagoons, monorail) · USGS 3DEP LiDAR, CA_OrangeCo_2011