The Alpine Sleighs, Page 5

Derek Rochelle

The following miscellaneous images were compiled during the research and writing for this article.

Alpine Valley Lederhosen costume from the late 60s. (photo courtesy sixflagshouston.com.)

Alpine Sleigh Ride as it appeared on the 1969 Astroworld souvenir map. (photo courtesy sixflagshouston.com.)

Alpine Sleigh Ride as it appeared on the 1972 Astroworld souvenir map. (photo courtesy sixflagshouston.com.)

Alpine Sleigh Ride as it appeared on the 1977 Astroworld souvenir map. (photo courtesy sixflagshouston.com.)

Discovery Mountain as it appeared on the 1992 Astroworld souvenir map. (photo courtesy sixflagshouston.com.)

Larry’s crewmate Charla Nichols at the control panel (from the Larry Harvey collection.)

Larry’s crewmate Stacy Cortez. (from the Larry Harvey collection.)

The mountain viewed from across the Le Taxi track. (from the Larry Harvey collection.)

Larry’s crew at work. Note the decorative cover over the load area. (from the Larry Harvey collection.)

The waterfall and the bridges. (from the Larry Harvey collection.)

The waterfall and the bridges. (from the Larry Harvey collection.)

The waterfall and the bridges. (from the Larry Harvey collection.)

The waterfall and the bridges. (from the Larry Harvey collection.)

Larry and crewmember Cindy Theme. (from the Larry Harvey collection.)

Larry and crewmember Cindy Theme. (from the Larry Harvey collection.)

Late ‘60s publicity photo of The Sleighs. (from the Mike Robinson collection.)

Postcard of Le Taxi with mountain in the background. (from the Mike Robinson collection.)

Yearbook photo of ‘70s crew goofing off with the “Alpies”. That’s Roy Turner on the far left. (from the Mike Robinson collection.)

Remains of waterfall lagoon in the Batcave days. (from the Mike Robinson collection.)

Mountain as The Batcave. (from the Mike Robinson collection.)

High bridge of The Batcave. (from the Mike Robinson collection.)

Path that once led to the Batcave was also the Sleigh track that led to the low bridge. (Photo by Derek and Roxanne Rochelle.)

Mountain seen during Astroworld’s final weekend of operation. (Photo by Derek and Roxanne Rochelle.)

Back side of mountain showing Ultra Twister station and lift hill. (Photo by Derek and Roxanne Rochelle.)

Remains of mountain seen during park demolition. (Photo by Derek and Roxanne Rochelle.)

Remains of mountain seen during park demolition. (Photo by Derek and Roxanne Rochelle.)

Remains of mountain seen during park demolition. (Photo by Derek and Roxanne Rochelle.)

Back side of mountain showing Ultra Twister load area. (Photo by Derek and Roxanne Rochelle.)

View inside mountain shell showing high bridge support structure and track supports. (from the Roy Turner collection.)

Waterfall pipe. (from the Roy Turner collection.)

View inside mountain shell showing high bridge support structure and track supports. (from the Roy Turner collection.)

Late ‘60s/early ‘70s postcard of Astroworld showing Astrowheel. Note Alpine Sleighs in the upper right corner with the high-walled exterior track sections clearly visible behind the mountain. (courtesy of sixflagshouston.com)

Le Taxi ride with mountain in the background. (courtesy of sixflagshouston.com.)

Sleighs crossing the bridges in front of the waterfall. (courtesy of sixflagshouston.com)

Le Taxi ride with mountain in the background. (courtesy of sixflagshouston.com)

Tom standing near the Sleighs station building. (from the Tom Shelton collection)

Tom at the controls. (from the Tom Shelton collection)

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This article ©2006 Derek Rochelle
All photos ©copyright as noted, all used with permission.