Mountain coasters in Pigeon Forge

Mountain coasters around Pigeon Forge differ in three ways that matter before you buy: how long the track runs, who is allowed to drive the cart, and whether the ride stays open in bad weather.

Prices checked Oct 2026 on each coaster's own site.

Track length, ride time and price

• Lost Mine Mountain Coaster: a 10- to 18-minute ride at up to 30 mph, with 4 uphill and 4 downhill sections. Adult $28.98, youth $24.98, cub $18.98.
• Rocky Top Mountain Coaster: up to 30 mph over a ride of more than 9 minutes. A single ride is $18.99 plus tax; kids 3 to 9 pay $9.99, and a second ride is $9.99 (rockytopcoaster.com).
• Smoky Mountain Alpine Coaster: a track over one mile long and a ride of about 7 to 8 minutes. Prices include tax.
• SkyLand Ranch in Sevierville: the Wild Stallion Mountain Coaster runs an 8-plus-minute ride over a 1.25-mile track. It runs day and night rides.
• Moonshine Mountain Coaster, over in Gatlinburg: an adult single ride, ages 8 and up, is $17.99, a child ride for ages 3 to 7 is $5.99, and a re-ride is $9.99.

Who can drive the cart

• Smoky Mountain Alpine Coaster: to ride alone, you must be 56 inches or taller. The driver of a shared sled must be 56 inches or taller and age 16 or older, and the passenger must be 38 inches or taller. Children ages 3 to 6 ride along with a driver age 16 or older.
• Rocky Top: riders must be age 3 or older and 38 inches or taller. Riders under 56 inches tall ride with an adult.
• Lost Mine: riders must be age 3 or older and 38 inches or taller. Riders between 38 and 54 inches tall ride with an adult.

Smoky Mountain Alpine Coaster has the strictest driver rule of the three, so a group with younger teens should check it first.

Rain, snow and lightning

Lost Mine is open year round, even in the rain, and closes for lightning (lostmine.com). Smoky Mountain Alpine Coaster runs in rain and snow and closes for thunderstorms (smokymountainalpinecoaster.com). Moonshine is open year-round (moonshinemountaincoaster.com).

Combo pass

The Smoky Mountain Park Hopper Pass is $59.99 at Rowdy Bear's Smoky Mountain Funpark. It bundles a 1-hour unlimited funpark wristband, one ride on the Wild Stallion Mountain Coaster and a daytime ride on Rocky Top, plus one repeat of your favorite of the three. Rowdy Bear also runs an outdoor tubing hill.

Picking one

• Longest ride time: Lost Mine, at up to 18 minutes.
• Longest track: the Wild Stallion at 1.25 miles.
• Two coasters in one stop: the Park Hopper Pass.