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WeatherBlog 10/2013 - Racing weather, road salt and other prospects
01/22/2013 • Lea Hartl
The Tyrolean meteorologists are more important these days than at any other time of the year: the Hahnenkamm race at the weekend needs to be looked after, with precise forecasts and nowcasting thanks to weather stations set up on the Streif. -
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The beginnings of alpine ski racing
12/04/2010 • Hanna Finkel"Nobody really lives until they have been on skis", as Andrew Irvine, a young ski racer and founding member of the Kandahar Ski Club, already knew. The ski enthusiasts lived this skiing spirit around 1924: "And it must never happen that we do not set off because the piste is covered in deep snow. On a morning like this, in fresh snow, the best skiing is just beginning." Any passionate deep-snow skier will agree?
