Lake Louise Ski Resort is the ``lead option'' to continue hosting men's World Cup downhills if changes to race operations are made, says Alpine Canada.
Races don’t draw more than a couple hundred fans to the finish area and many of them are recreational skiers taking a break from runs.“The lack of a local volunteer base is a significant problem, a half-a-million dollar problem,” Brisson explained. “We deliver the construction of the course, so the net crew and the building of the course is another almost half a million dollars. The cost to blow snow here at this resort is $400,000.
The former Canadian Olympic women’s hockey team defender compared the situation to renting a rink, but also having to buy an ice resurfacing machine and pay someone to install ice. A men’s downhill in Beaver Creek, Colo., traditionally follows Lake Louise, which keeps travel compact in the same time zone for athletes.The women’s downhill in Lake Louise hasn’t had an adjacent North American race. The next women’s downhills are Dec. 12-14 in St. Moritz, Switzerland.The Canadian women’s ski team currently has more women contending in the tech events of slalom and giant slalom than downhill and super-G, although Marie-Michele Gagnon of Lac-Etchemin, Que.
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