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  2. Comparison of Colorado ski resorts - Wikipedia

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    Ski Cooper: Leadville: 470 11,700 10,500 1,200 60 5 260 Jan 2020 Copper Mountain: Copper Mountain: 2,490 12,441 9,712 2,738 140 24 278 March 2020 [7] Crested Butte: Crested Butte: 1,547 12,162 9,375 2,787 121 15 253 March 2020 [8] Echo Mountain: Evergreen: 60 10,650 10,050 600 13 3 275 Eldora: Nederland: 680 10,600 9,200 1,400 63 10 225 March ...

  3. Roller skiing - Wikipedia

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    Starting in the 1950s people experimented with skis on wheels. In the 1970s, something of a standard emerged and the first races took place. At this time all roller skis had one wheel in front and two wheels at the back. The metal frame was between 70 and 100 centimetres (2'4" and 3'4") long. [5]

  4. Ski geometry - Wikipedia

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    Ski geometry is the shape of the ski. Described in the direction of travel, the front of the ski, typically pointed or rounded, is the tip, the middle is the waist and the rear is the tail. Skis have four aspects that define their basic performance: length, width, sidecut and camber. Skis also differ in more minor ways to address certain niche ...

  5. Alpine skiing - Wikipedia

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    Variants include powder skis, freestyle skis, all-mountain skis, backcountry skis, race skis, and children's skis. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] Powder skis are usually used when there is a large amount of fresh snow; the shape of a powder ski is wide, allowing the ski to float on top of the snow, compared to a normal downhill ski which would most likely sink ...

  6. Ski - Wikipedia

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    The word ski comes from the Old Norse word skíð which means "cleft wood," [1] "stick of wood," or "ski". [2] In Old Norse common phrases describing skiing were fara á skíðum (to travel, move fast on skis), renna (to move swiftly) and skríða á skíðum (to stride on skis). [3]

  7. Skiing - Wikipedia

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    [4] [5] The word "ski" comes from the Old Norse word "skíð" which means to "split piece of wood or firewood". [6] Asymmetrical skis were used in northern Finland and Sweden until at least the late 19th century. On one foot, the skier wore a long straight non-arching ski for sliding, and a shorter ski was worn on the other foot for kicking.

  8. Comparison of North American ski resorts - Wikipedia

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    5 $5 December 9, 2019 [338] Kewaunee Winter Park: Kewaunee: Wisconsin: 740 580 160 5 1 $15 December 9, 2019 [339] Keyes Peak Ski Hill: Florence: Wisconsin: 1,480 1,250 230 5 2 60 $12 December 9, 2019 [340] Little Switzerland Ski Area: Slinger: Wisconsin: 1,269 1,069 200 50 18 8 45 $43 December 9, 2019 [341] Mont Du Lac Resort: Superior ...

  9. Downhill (ski competition) - Wikipedia

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    The most successful all-time winners of World Cup downhill races are Annemarie Moser-Pröll of Austria (36 wins, 7 women's titles) [8] and Franz Klammer of Austria (25 wins, 5 men's titles). [9] Lindsey Vonn of the U.S. is currently dominant in woman's downhill racing with a lifetime total of 37 World Cup downhill wins and 7 women's titles. [10 ...