Rocky Mountain Construction (RMC) is a manufacturing and construction company based in Hayden, Idaho. The company is best known for its I-Box track and Topper Track for wooden roller coasters, which have both been used in eight roller coasters at Six Flags parks to date.
The company also manufactures steel roller coasters, the single rail, the first of which at a Six Flags park was Wonder Woman Golden Lasso Coaster, which opened at Six Flags Fiesta Texas on May 12, 2018.
History[]
In 2001, Rocky Mountain Construction was founded by Fred Grubb and Suanne Dedmon.
Roller coasters[]
Name | Model | Park | Opened | Notes |
New Texas Giant | I-Box - Steel | Six Flags Over Texas | April 22, 2011 | Conversion of Texas Giant, which opened in 1990 and closed in 2009. The first ever use of I-Box Track. |
Iron Rattler | I-Box - Steel | Six Flags Fiesta Texas | May 25, 2013 | Conversion of The Rattler, which opened in 1992 and closed in 2012. |
Medusa Steel Coaster | I-Box - Steel | Six Flags Mexico | June 14, 2014 | Conversion of Medusa, which opened in 2000 and closed in 2013. |
Goliath | Topper Track - Wood | Six Flags Great America | June 19, 2014 | Original coaster, built from the ground up. |
Twisted Colossus | I-Box - Steel | Six Flags Magic Mountain | May 23, 2015 | Conversion of Colossus, which opened in 1978 and closed in 2014. |
Wicked Cyclone | I-Box - Steel | Six Flags New England | May 24, 2015 | Conversion of Cyclone, which opened in 1983 when the park was known as "Riverside Park", and closed in 2014. |
The Joker | I-Box - Steel | Six Flags Discovery Kingdom | May 29, 2016 | Conversion of Roar, which opened in 1999 and closed in 2015. |
Wonder Woman Golden Lasso Coaster | Raptor Track - Steel | Six Flags Fiesta Texas | May 12, 2018 | Original coaster, the first to use RMC's "Raptor" track. |
Twisted Cyclone | I-Box - Steel | Six Flags Over Georgia | May 25, 2018 | Conversion of the Georgia Cyclone, which opened in 1990 and closed in 2017. |
Jersey Devil Coaster | Raptor Track - Steel | Six Flags Great Adventure | 2021 | Original coaster, the second to use RMC's "Raptor" track. |
Wonder Woman: Flight of Courage | Raptor Track - Steel | Six Flags Magic Mountain | July 16, 2022 | Original coaster, the third to use RMC's "Raptor" track. |
Installation work[]
Rocky Mountain Construction installed the Sky Coaster rides at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom, Six Flags America, and Great Escape. It also built and installed El Toro at Six Flags Great Adventure.
Repair work[]
Sometime in the mid-2000's, Rocky Mountain Construction did some repair work on Psyclone at Six Flags Magic Mountain.[1]
References[]
- ↑ Rocky Mountain Construction, Portfolio. Rocky Mountain Construction. Archived from the original on September 27, 2018.