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AHCA sees about 120,000 visitors each year, who visit the conservation area for mountain biking, camping, swimming, special events, cross-country skiing and more. [ 1 ] With over 446 hectares (1,200 acres) of largely forested land located completely within the Humber River Watershed in the headwaters of the Oak Ridges Moraine , AHCA is ...
One of the world's first known ski clubs, Trysil Skytte- og Skiløberforening (the Trysil Rifle and Ski Club), was formed in Norway in 1861 to promote national defense at the local level. 20th century variants include Forsvarsrennet (the military contest), a 17 km cross-country race with shooting, and the military cross-country race at 30 km ...
Alpine skiing competitions (known as hill races) existed in Norway during the 18th and 19th centuries, but were discontinued when the main ski festival in Oslo focused on long races (competitive cross-country skiing) and ski jumping (now known as the Nordic disciplines). The alpine disciplines reemerged in Central Europe around 1920.
Biathlon combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting, but is not included as a Nordic discipline under the rules of the International Ski Federation (FIS). Instead, it comes under the jurisdiction of the International Biathlon Union. [4] The biomechanics of competitive cross-country skiing and ski jumping have been the subject of serious ...
The hills of St. Moritz hosted the cross-country skiing events for both the 1928 and 1948 Winter Olympics. Soldier Hollow hosted the cross-country skiing events for the 2002 Winter Olympics in neighboring Salt Lake City.
Nine people including two children were injured in an apparent random mass shooting Saturday at a ... It was a 75-degree day on the eve of Father’s Day, and the splash pad had been closed for ...
The IBU Summer Biathlon is a sporting event organized by the International Biathlon Union (IBU) which combines trail running or roller skiing and rifle shooting, [1] [2] or sometimes trail running and rifle shooting. [3] It is modeled after the IBU (winter) biathlon, which is an Olympic sport that combines rifle shooting with cross-country skiing.
A San Bernardino County high school went on lockdown Tuesday after the school became aware of a student on campus with a loaded firearm. According to the Hesperia Unified School District ...