Matterhorn-Blitz, Wild Mouse steel roller coaster in Rust, Germany

The Matterhorn-Blitz is a steel Wild Mouse coaster by Mack Rides in Europa-Park's Swiss area. Instead of a lift hill, a vertical elevator raises two cars at once to 16 metres on separate guide rails. The 383-metre track reaches 60 km/h through hairpin turns, passing through wooden chalets; one curve suggests a car has damaged a house corner.

The Matterhorn-Blitz opened on 25 March 1999 in Europa-Park's Swiss quarter. It was built by the German manufacturer Mack Rides as a steel Wild Mouse with a vertical lift instead of a classic chain lift. The lift raises two gondolas at once on separate guide rails that diverge at mid-height so the cars pass each other.

The name means "Matterhorn Lightning", after the Swiss peak. The queue passes farm scenes with human and animal figures and animatronics, and the station is decorated as a cheese dairy. The track runs through wooden chalets, and at one curve a car appears to have damaged the corner of a house.

The ride starts inside a tower with farm-themed decor, where a lift raises two gondolas at once to 16 metres; the car pauses briefly at the top before a steep drop. The queue's last section passes farm scenes with human and animal animatronics. A photo is taken during a descent near the end, before the final curve back into the cheese-dairy-themed station.

The ride uses a special dual-lift system that carries two cars simultaneously up the hill, allowing continuous passenger distribution. This technical detail makes it a rare example of efficient roller coaster engineering.