 Poster: A snowHead
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Will be attending the event in Aspen next weekend. Never been to a race before. Any advice where best place to watch or whatever ? More asking about SL than GS.
Thanks.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Depends on what you are looking for from the race to be honest - if you are simply spectating, getting in the bleachers in the finish area is always fun and the atmosphere is great with the travelling fan clubs. If you want to get some good photos then getting as close to the netting as possible at an interesting point along the course is good - look to see where the accredited photographers have placed themselves. I don't like crowds so I usual get myself as far up the course as I can away from the rabble, but I watch races in Austria where there can be up to 55,000 fans (Schladming) watching a race. If I can, I ski down alongside the course until I find a point that will give me a good position to take photographs. If is is not possible to ski down then I walk up along the netting until I get a good view. At the Schladming Night Slalom, I go to somewhere near one of the big screens in town as that number of fanatical race fans is too much for me! The same goes for the Kitzbühel races, the bleachers are too expensive for me, so I go to one of the viewing points along the course. I then use the FIS Mobile Data App to follow the results on my phone.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Thanks Sue, i figured to try and ski down to somewhere along the course. Took a look at VIP ticket but at $500 a day with food and drink i think not 
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@essex, bloody he!! with those kind of prices it's no wonder that the races are so poorly attended in comparison to the European ones! I got free entry to the Sölden races last week simply because I had a valid ski pass! Even if I had not a weekend ticket would have only cost me 30 Euro (about $20) including transport to and from the slope! For a wee bit more I could have gone into the bleachers, €50 a day and for about 150€ I could have had a VIP pass for the day.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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No the actual race is free to watch, well def if uou have a ski pass. Not sure if small fee if walking.
The 500 is for a vip hospitality tent with unlimited food and drink and i think maybe a meet and greet.
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The course(s) is always over off 1A Shadow Mountain lift on the far west side of Ajax. Your biggest challenge will be parking unless your car is at wherever place you're staying which if that's the case, leave it there and walk. You can progressively walk up the outside of the course up to a certain point depending upon the marshalling. Most just hang out below.
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assumed i could lift up to the mountain top (not 1A) then ski down to the top of the course. We shall see i guess.
And yes i should be within walking distance from hotel if the maps are at all accurate so not messing with parking (or driving).
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