Timber trestle rails zigzag up a sheer red cliff at sunset while a mine cart heaped with ore creaks toward the top. The free round climbs the way the spur does, and its multiplier never rolls back down.
Free to ride, now and always. Horatio files the account’s 100,000 coins, favourites, level and daily missions away safely from one trip to the next — and confirms you are 19 or over before your first spin.
Strictly virtual coins. Nothing here is real-money gambling, no prize has real-world value, and in-app purchases are absent. 19+.
Rustcliff Ore Spur is the narrow mining line that zigzags up a red-rock side canyon east of the pass, where a flat-topped butte burns orange at sundown. Its reels carry gold-headed rail spikes, a dented miner's lamp, a pail of rough ore, a mule wearing turquoise saddlebags and, top of the board, the little cart spilling nuggets, so paid spins pay at a middling clip. Crossed Picks stand in for everything but the Turquoise Compass. Three compasses start the Hairpin Climb with ten free spins, the multiplier stepping x2, x2, x3, x3 before parking at x4. Four compasses give fifteen spins, five give twenty-two.
Hairpin Climb. On the Hairpin Climb the first brace of free spins pays x2, the next brace x3, and from spin five to the finish every win is multiplied by four; the multiplier never slips back down the grade.
This stop runs entirely on free virtual coins. There is no real-money gambling, wins carry no real-world value, and in-app purchases do not exist. Outcomes come from a random number generator, and previous spins never affect the next.
Measured by running this page's own engine for 10,000,000 spins: coin RTP 95.9%, hit frequency 34.9%, free spins about once in 142 spins, a win of 10x your stake or more about once in 124 spins. Coin figures only — no money is staked or returned.
Sign in, ride the ore cart to the foot of the red cliff and pick a stake.
Spin. Crossed Picks can play the part of every picture but the Turquoise Compass, and lines count from the leftmost reel.
Three Turquoise Compasses start the Hairpin Climb: ten free spins: twice the pay on spins one and two, three times on spins three and four, then four times on each spin that remains.
Players who like a level ride on paid spins and a bonus round that gets richer the higher it climbs.
Regular smallish wins on paid spins, with the stronger multipliers waiting toward the end of the free round, which is where the mule and the nugget cart earn their keep.
| Symbol on Horatio’s reels | Five matched along a single payline | Same win, as part of the stake |
|---|---|---|
 Crossed Picks (wild) | 6,000× line bet | 240× your stake |
 Nugget Cart | 3,000× line bet | 120× your stake |
 Saddlebag Mule | 1,400× line bet | 56× your stake |
 Rough Ore Pail | 850× line bet | 34× your stake |
 Miner's Lamp | 550× line bet | 22× your stake |
 Gilt Spike | 320× line bet | 12.8× your stake |
The five card ranks (10 to A) pay the least. Three Turquoise Compasss anywhere open the free round. Full values for three and four of a kind are in the paytable.
No. Each step it climbs is kept right through to the final free spin.
Yes. Three or more compasses add free spins, and the multiplier keeps its current height.
No. The compass works as the scatter, and scatters are the one picture the picks cannot imitate.
Missions are renewed daily, count at every stop and are entirely optional.
Steam drifts beneath the iron arches of a glass-roofed concourse while a brass tower clock looks down the platforms. No account is needed here, and a Winged Wheel that lands on a dud spin keeps its square for one free extra turn of the other reels.
A water wheel feeds long wooden sluice boxes on a creek between red cliffs, gold flakes flashing in the current. Each win washes out so new pictures can tumble in, and every fresh tumble pays more than the last.
Ride for the fun of it, and step down once the fun runs out. Fix a time limit before departure and take breaks along the way. If gambling of any kind is causing you problems, ConnexOntario is free and confidential on 1-866-531-2600, 24 hours a day; the Responsible Gambling Council and CCSA can also help. Our responsible play policy has the details.
Riders on Switchback Express must be adults of 19 or over. The games all run on virtual coins with no monetary value, which can never be bought, sold, withdrawn or exchanged. No ticket window on the railway sells coins and no payment page exists on the site, no prize of real-world value is offered, and success here does not imply future success at real-money gambling.
Passengers in need of gambling support, free and in confidence: ConnexOntario 1-866-531-2600, 24 hours a day · CCSA · Responsible Gambling Council · Horatio’s responsible play policy
All three stops draw on a single balance. A free account opens the gates to every one of them, and your coins, favourites, level and daily missions stay put from one trip to the next.
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