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What distance should GS gates be set apart?
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What are the general guidelines for setting up a GS course? How far apart should the gates be?
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Canadians say a minimum of 10m between open gates.
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jacktaylor10
, What age group ?
The minimum is 10m but you would only use that for the two gates in a banana, you wouldn't usually go much below 25m for juniors and seniors.
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I'm bored, so here you go.
The gates must be at least 4 m and at most 8 m wide. The distance
between the nearest poles of two successive gates must not be less than
10 m.
The Giant Slalom has to be set as follows (number of direction changes by
rounding up or down of the decimals):
- 11 - 15% of the vertical drop in meters
Children: 13% - 15% of the
vertical drop
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Simple answer then, is 10m.
More complicated answer is that it then depends on the terrain, conditions and who is being set for. Children have a minimum radius ski of 17m, junior ladies and above 23m and junior men and above 27m.
All this should have a bearing on the set.
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