Image: Wilmot-ski-racer-cmsc. jpg | Alpine skier running a downhill course

A FIS World Cup downhill, for example, requires a team of several hundred course workers that may spend over two weeks preparing a course prior to a week of racing, during which the course workers will continue to maintain the course.

One variation on traditional cross country is mountain running, which incorporates significant uphill and / or downhill sections as an additional challenge to the course.

Popular tourist activities in the area include golfing ( the town has a 9-hole golf course ), walking and mountain biking with 2 excellent routes including a world standard downhill route.

The Mallard record reached its maximum speed on a downhill run and actually failed technically in due course, whereas 05 002's journey was on level grade and the engine did not yet seem to be at its limit, though on the other hand the German train was only four coaches long ( 197 tons ), whilst Mallard ` s train was seven coaches ( 240 tons ).

The Dave Murray downhill course towards Whistler Creekside finally hosted an Olympic downhill event, 50 years after it was originally surveyed for this purpose.

The trails are generally single track and with varying levels of course and trail available from steep, rooty and technical to the fast open downhill tracks.

Alpine Ski, released by Taito in 1981, was an early winter sports game, a vertical-scrolling racing game that involved maneuvering a skier through a downhill ski course, a slalom racing course, and a ski jumping competition.

In order for a performance to be ratified as a world record by the IAAF, the marathon course on which the performance occurred must be 42. 195 kilometers and measured in a defined manner using the calibrated bicycle method and meet other criteria that rule out " artificially fast times " produced on courses aided by downhill slope or tailwind.

However, the records established in the Boston event have been disputed on grounds of a downhill point-to-point course, while three of the four New York records have been disputed on grounds of a short course.

It was a vertical scrolling game that involved maneuvering a skier through multiple events: a downhill ski course, a slalom racing course, and a ski jumping competition.

A downhill turf course, which added a distinctly European flair to racing at Santa Anita, was added in 1953.

Several racers had complained that the downhill course was too easy, and Olympic organizers had made several changes to it.

Maier soon dominated alpine ski racing, winning the gold medal in the giant slalom and Super-G at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, only a few days after a dramatic crash in the downhill race where he flew spectacularly off the sunlit course, landed partially on his head, tumbled head over heels several times, and crashed through two layers of B-netting.

" a " indicates course slightly downhill

* The average grade of the downhill race course is 33 percent ( 14. 7 degrees ).

The Lauberhorn and is the more strenuous downhill race at and poses danger to racers who reach within seconds of leaving the start gate.

Slopestyle, a form of downhill, is when riders do tricks such as tailwhips, 360s, backflips and frontflips.

The winter is possibly the busiest season ; the area can be found packed with downhill skiers, cross-country skiers, ice-fishers, snow-shoers and – most of all-snowmobilers.

However, if the cruise control is engaged on a stretch of flat road, then the car will travel slower going uphill and faster when going downhill.

There is also the obvious advantage that keeping the car gripped to the cable will also limit the downhill speed to that of the cable.

Sheet erosion is the transport of loosened soil particles by surface runoff that is flowing downhill in thin sheets.

It is also known for its nearby downhill mountain bike track.

Just outside the town, parallel to the Nevis Range Gondola, there is a large downhill mountain bike track which attracts thousands of visitors every year, including international competitors and fans.

A related effect is flood frost which occurs when air cooled by ground-level radiation losses travels downhill to form pockets of very cold air in depressions, valleys, and hollows.

The Mid-levels Escalator is the longest outdoor covered escalator system in the world, operating downhill until 10 am for commuters going to work, and then operating uphill until midnight.

A harness that is used to support shafts, such as on a cart pulled by a single horse, will also have a saddle attached to the harness to help the horse support the shafts and breeching to brake the forward motion of the vehicle, especially when stopping or moving downhill.

Because this water is being forced uphill through the delivery pipe farther than it is falling downhill from the source, the flow slows ; when the flow reverses, the delivery check valve closes.

The all-time speed record for steam trains is held by an LNER Class A4 4-6-2 Pacific locomotive of the LNER in the United Kingdom, number 4468 Mallard, which pulling six carriages ( plus a dynamometer car ) reached 126 mph ( 203 km / h ) on a slight downhill gradient down Stoke Bank on 3 July 1938.

the mountain is the setting for a 21st century downhill race.

The speed limit is across the island, and with many of the roads single lane and on steep slopes the local etiquette is that drivers heading downhill give way to those coming up.

The Alpine touring ski is a modified lightweight downhill ski with an alpine touring binding.

The type of ski is mainly used with alpine touring boots, which are rigid but lighter than downhill skiing boots, but may be fixed with a binding suitable for skiing in technical mountaineering boots.

The Telemark ski is a downhill or touring ski, where the binding attaches only at the toe.

The last third is downhill, a long and cluttered anti-climax in which The Magnificent Seven grow slightly too magnificent for comfort.

It is also commonly known as downhill skiing, although that also incorporates different styles.

Stemming is also the basis of one of the most common types of downhill techniques, the Stem Christie.

Modern downhill technique is generally a combination of carving and skidding, varying the ratio between the two when rapid control over the turn or speed is required.

As of the 2005 winter season, the resort had 94 marked downhill trails, the longest, 16 designated easy, 31 intermediate, 37 difficult and 10 expert.

With approximately 4. 2 kilometres of fast singletrack, rock gardens, a wall-ride, tight switchbacks and multiple drops and jumps, the Cannonball Run is one of Australia's longest downhill courses.

The longest route is the Northeastern and it takes two whole days to reach the summit starting from downhill village of Nāndal and a night stay at Takht-e Fereydoun ( elevation 4300 m-about 13, 000 ft ), a two-story shelter.

In addition to being one of the technically most challenging downhill races, the Lauberhorn is the longest race in the FIS World Cup circuit and arguably the most scenic.

The International Inferno Race, comprising cross-country, giant slalom and downhill races, is the longest ( 15. 8 km, 9. 8 mi.

The Pista Stelvio is among the longest and most challenging downhill courses in the world, with a vertical drop exceeding 1000 m ( 3280 ft .).