 Poster: A snowHead
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Now it is official, four cities submitted a bid to host the alpine World Championship in 2013. The selection of the host will be made next spring.
The names are:
Vail/Beaver Creek (US)
Schladming (A)
Cortina (ITA)
St. Moritz (CH)
and the winner is?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Probably North America's turn again. Although that would be tough on Schladming which narrowly missed out on 2011.
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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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Schladming may depend on if salzburg gets the 2014 olympics. I'll be keeping an eye on both as I'm about to buy an apartment in schladming.
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Would Schladming run all the races down basically the same slope? (Piste No. 3 on the Planai)
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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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alex_heney, not sure ......i would have thought they may have used the surronding resorts as well slalom would definately be there though and probably GS too
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In the 1982 World Championships, most of the men's races were on the Planai. Most of the women's races were 10mins down the valley at Haus im Ennstal.
waynos, you have raised an interesting point. I am not sure how much the FIS take Olympic venues into account when awarding World Championships. The 1988 Olympics and 1989 World Championships were both in North America. The 2005 World Champs and 2006 Olympics were both in Italy.
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Martin Bell, good to see you back
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Salzburg and Schladming must have negotiated this issue before because no Olympic events are planned in Schladming. The speed events will be held in Zauchensee and Flachauwinkl, technical events in Flachau. These places are 15-20 mins from Schladming.
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Also don't forget that Zauchensee and Flachau are in the Salzburgerland, whereas Schladming is in the Steiermark.
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Hmmm. Schladming isn't exactly high, and cover below 2000m is becoming more iffy and variable in Europe. I know that technology can get around a lot but Kitzbuhel 2007 anyone?
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| stoatsbrother wrote: |
| Hmmm. Schladming isn't exactly high, and cover below 2000m is becoming more iffy and variable in Europe. I know that technology can get around a lot but Kitzbuhel 2007 anyone? |
Got any hard evidence to back this up? I understand seasons 2005/2006 & 2004/2005 were very good in this part of austria. Also since when has vertical height been the only factor for snowfall or more generally the local weather?
Last edited by snowHeads are a friendly bunch. on Fri 3-08-07 12:25; edited 1 time in total
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Schladming is the center of the "Four Hills Resort" as referred by the Austrians. These four parts (Reiteralm, Hochwurzen, Planai, and Hauser Kaibling) are not the highest resorts, but equipped with the best technology. Most Alpine ski resorts only can dream about the huge investment these resort made in the past years. It also applies for Flachau and Zauchensee. 100 % of the ski area can be covered with artificial snow in Flachau, and it is almost the same for Schladming.
Last season was not the best, but Reiteralm was the first non-glacier Austrian ski resort to open (Nov 11). After 28 years Reiteralm also hosted two cancelled WC runs originally planned in France. Zauchensee built the largest reservoir in Salzburg region. As far as I remember, Hochwurzen has an 8-km-long FIS approved run.
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You know it makes sense.
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Kerekip, I was in Schladming (and surrounding region) during the hottest week of skiing I have ever had, 2nd week of March this year, and whilst we were all sweating in almost 20 degrees of hot sun (ice creams and sunbathing in the afternoons), the strip of snow that was the piste to valley level on the Reiteralm, (and one on the Hochwurzen as well), just stayed and stayed and stayed. It was honestly an amazing feat and the most impressive artificial snow demonstration I have seen in many a year. Still didn't ski very well after lunchtime, but we were very impressed.
Happy sliding
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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| stoatsbrother wrote: |
| Hmmm. Schladming isn't exactly high.......... |
Mmmm, having walked from Haus im Ennstal to the Hauser Kaibling in summer, I'd have to disagree 
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Poster: A snowHead
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Deliaskis, It is unbelievable how much Schladming spends on snow-making. Planai and Hochwurzen have altogether 581 snowguns for their 205 ha skiable area which is about the size of 400 football pitches. This year they plan to open on November 23. They need only 3-4 days to cover the upper half of the resort with artificial snow.
FIS inspected the possible slopes yesterday. They are almost ready for the 2013 WC, they need to build some jumps and widen the downhill slope. They look very optimistic, but the competition is strong.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| kerekip wrote: |
| Last season was not the best, but Reiteralm was the first non-glacier Austrian ski resort to open (Nov 11). |
Remember it well. Great day, fresh snow, no queues. The season went downhill after that. 
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