Pi Day & Skiing | The Shape of Your Turn Wouldn’t Be The Same Without It March 14th is a well-known Pi day. The earliest known celebration was organized by Larry Shaw in 1988 in San Francisco, where he worked as a physicist. How many facts do you know about Pi number? Pi is an infinite, nonrepeating decimal — meaning that every possible number combination exists somewhere in pi. Converted into ASCII text, somewhere in […] Claire Weiss | March 16, 2017 0 Comments
Mikaela Shiffrin WINS Both World Cup Races at Squaw Valley, CA & Widens Her Overall Lead Mikaela won another competition!!! She added another 100 points and got two Golds in Squaw Valley! She has just won 10th race of 2016-2017 World Cup! That is amazing! That a was really tough competition, especially the second run. Today was a blue bird day in Squaw Valley, sunny California skiing, although a bit icy in the morning, but the snow became […] Claire Weiss | March 11, 2017 0 Comments
Reporting from World Cup in Squaw Valley, Giant Slalom Squaw Valley, March 10th. Olympic spirit is in the air! Just three minutes before the race start! Mikaela Shiffrin has just won another Gold in Giant Slalom, Squaw Valley! Just 3 days before her 22nd birthday she won another Gold, passing Federica Brignone (Italy) by 0.07 seconds and Tessa Worley (France) by 0.86 seconds. Finishing 0.86 seconds faster she beat Tessa Worley who […] Claire Weiss | March 10, 2017 0 Comments
VIDEO: Ice Climbing World Cup 2017 [iframe id=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/8BE4iQdylXY”] Here is another World Cup Competition, this time is for ice climbers – Ice Climbing World Cup 2017. The UIAA has organised the sport of ice climbing for the past 15 years and in that time has witnessed the incredible growth in popularity of the sport throughout the world. Ice climbing is a dynamic sport, combining […] Claire Weiss | March 8, 2017 0 Comments
World Cup Is Coming To Squaw Valley, USA! You may even notice few tracks on Tram face! The FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, the top international circuit of alpine skiing competitions, is coming to the home of Snowbrains! Are you the one who is counting days till this historic event? Did you already take a few days off to be able to come to Squaw Valley on March 9th? Yes, […] Claire Weiss | March 2, 2017 9 Comments
How Good is the Canadian Weather Service? Why is it important for Canada to have a good reliable weather forecast? Canada is home to the world’s northernmost settlement, Canadian Forces Station Alert, on the northern tip of Ellesmere Island – latitude 82.5°N – which lies 817 kilometres (508 mi) from the North Pole. Much of the Canadian Arctic is covered by ice and permafrost. Canada has the longest coastline in the world, […] Weather Claire Weiss | February 25, 2017 1 Comment
Badger Pass Ski Area Is Open! Badger pass ski area is open! Although it’s no longer called Badger pass, but this famous Yosemite Ski & Snowboard area is open today, January 14th, 2017! They’ve got 4-5 feet of snow for the last storm. Yosemite Ski & Snowboard Area has it all, and makes it easy—from getting here to renting equipment to taking lessons. You’ll […] Industry News Claire Weiss | January 14, 2017 0 Comments
Performance-Enhancing Drugs On High Altitude Mountains – Doping or Life Saver? In competitive sports, doping refers to the use of banned athletic performance-enhancing drugs by athletic competitors, where the term doping is widely used by organizations that regulate sporting competitions. The use of banned drugs to enhance performance is considered unethical, and therefore prohibited, by most international sports organizations, including the International Olympic Committee. Furthermore, athletes (or athletic programs) taking explicit measures to evade detection exacerbates the ethical […] Climbing Claire Weiss | January 8, 2017 4 Comments
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