Southwest of Emida and just east of Highway 6 is the site of North–South Ski Bowl, a former alpine ski area in the Hoodoo Mountains.
The 1969 film Downhill Racer, portrayed an alpine ski racer from Idaho Springs, played by Robert Redford; a brief scene was shot on location in Idaho Springs.
Skiing is another strong sport at Denver, with 21 NCAA titles (more than any other school in Division 1 history).
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Liechtenstein won its first Olympic medals: two bronzes by Willi Frommelt and Hanni Wenzel in the alpine skiing slalom events.
The most individual gold medals were won by Canadian Lauren Woolstencroft, who secured five in alpine skiing, and German Verena Bentele, with two in biathlon and three in cross-country skiing.
At the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway, the six alpine skiing events were held from Thursday, February 14 to Wednesday, February 20, 1952.
Armin Assinger (born June 7, 1964) is a former Austrian Alpine skier and current host of the Millionenshow and Domino Day.
Barbara Sadleder (born 17 June 1967 in Steyr) is an Austrian former alpine skier who competed in the 1992 Winter Olympics.
She is the granddaughter of Olympic gymnast Marius Eriksen and the daughter of World War II flying ace Marius Eriksen, Jr. She is also the niece of alpine skier Stein Eriksen and is married to one of Norway's most prominent actors, Toralv Maurstad.
Bernadette Rauter (born 8 August 1949 in Breitenwang) is an Austrian former alpine skier who competed in the 1968 Winter Olympics and 1972 Winter Olympics.
Carina Raich (born 14 March 1979 in Arzl im Pitztal) is an Austrian former alpine skier who competed in the 2002 Winter Olympics.
Chamrousse hosted the six alpine skiing events at the 1968 Winter Olympics, where Jean-Claude Killy of France won three gold medals in the men's events.
Erik Håker (born March 4, 1952) is a Norwegian alpine skier from Oppdal who finished 5th in the men's downhill at the 1972 Winter Olympics at Sapporo.
Robel Teklemariam intended to compete in both cross-country skiing and in alpine skiing, but elected to only enter cross-country events.
Fanndís's father is former Iceland men's national football team goalkeeper Friðrik Friðriksson and her mother is former Olympic alpine skier Nanna Leifsdóttir.
His grandson Colonel Napier brought the first pair of skis to Davos in 1888, starting the popular sport of Alpine skiing that had formerly been the activity of a few experts.
Ghana sent one athlete, Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong, to compete in one discipline, alpine skiing.
Gustav Thöni (sometimes listed as Gustavo Thoeni) (born February 28, 1951) is a former champion alpine ski racer from northern Italy.
Haus is a well-known ski resort and has hosted World Cup alpine races several times, and the women's events of the World Championships in 1982.
Heidi Andenmatten-Zurbriggen (born 16 March 1967) in Saas-Almagell, Kanton Wallis) is a Swiss former alpine skier and sister of Pirmin Zurbriggen.
Jonna Mendes (born March 31, 1979) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from the United States.
Josef "Pepi" Strobl (March 3, 1974, Holzgau) is a former alpine skier from Austria.
Kirstin Cairns (born 11 January 1963 in Isle of Bute) is a British former alpine skier who competed in the 1980 Winter Olympics and in the 1988 Winter Olympics.
Konrad Bartelski (born 27 May 1954) is a former British alpine ski racer who produced the best result by a Briton on the Alpine Skiing World Cup circuit in 1981 by coming within 0.11 seconds of winning a World Cup downhill race at Val Gardena.
For the 1936 Winter Olympics in neighboring Garmisch-Partenkirchen, it was the starting line for the alpine skiing downhill part of the combined event.
Lene Løseth (born 26 November 1986 in Ålesund) is a Norwegian alpine skier who races for Spjelkavik IL.
Lucia Medzihradská (born 14 November 1968 in Brezno) is a Slovak former alpine skier who competed for Czechoslovakia in the 1988 Winter Olympics, 1992 Winter Olympics, and 1994 Winter Olympics.
Ludwig Leitner (February 24, 1940 – March 21, 2013) was a West German alpine ski racer and world champion, born in Mittelberg, Austria.
Michal Rajčan (born 1 October 1980 in Banská Bystrica) is a Slovak former alpine skier who competed in the 2002 Winter Olympics.
In 1966, he repeated his masterful job of avalanche control at the alpine skiing World Championships in Portillo, Chile, where the ski area had been almost completely destroyed by massive avalanches only a year earlier but successfully held the Championships unscathed.
My Way Is My Decision is the first single of Slovenian Alpine skier Tina Maze.
Noelle Barahona (born November 30, 1990 in Santiago) is an Olympic Chilean alpine skier.
Pam Ann Fletcher (born January 30, 1963) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from the United States.
Paoletta Magoni (born September 14, 1964 in Selvino) is a former Italian Alpine skier.
Peter Jurko (born 22 September 1967 in Nová Lesná) is a Slovak former alpine skier who competed for Czechoslovakia in the 1988 Winter Olympics and 1992 Winter Olympics.
There are two alpine ski areas in the Silver Valley, both easily accessible from I-90.
Most freestyle skiers believe that Ski Cross should be considered an Alpine discipline rather than a Freestyle discipline.
Ski mountaineering is form of ski touring that variously combines the sports of Telemark, Alpine, and backcountry skiing with that of mountaineering.
Sonia Vierin (born 25 October 1977 in Aosta) is an Italian former alpine skier who competed in the 2002 Winter Olympics.
Steve Locher (born September 19, 1967 in Salins) is a former Swiss alpine skier, who won the bronze medal in the combined event at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville.
In 1993 the mountain hosted a slalom event of the alpine skiing World Cup, won by one of the most dominant alpine ski racers in history, Alberto Tomba of Italy.
Sverre Lassen-Urdahl (1913–2005) was a Norwegian alpine skier, born in Lake Forest, Illinois, United States.
The country will field a total of fifteen athletes (ten men and five women) in four of the Games' five sports: alpine skiing, biathlon, cross-country skiing and wheelchair curling.
It was the home hill for future Olympian ski racer Spider Sabich.
Ullern IF or its predecessors have had sections (which are now defunct) for track and field, amateur boxing, amateur wrestling, gymnastics, judo, Nordic skiing, alpine skiing and tennis.
Viktoria Rebensburg (born October 4, 1989 in Tegernsee, Bavaria, Germany) is a champion alpine ski racer, the 2010 Olympic gold medalist in the giant slalom.
Alain Marguerettaz (born August 31, 1962 in Bourg-Saint-Maurice) is a French Paralympian who started in alpine skiing.
Schlopy's mother, Holly Flanders, was a three-time winner on the FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup circuit.
Andrea Mead was born in Rutland County, Vermont to an alpine skiing family that owned and operated the Pico Peak ski area.
Sale-Barker was captain of the British women's team at the 1936 Winter Olympics, held at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, the first Olympics to include alpine skiing.
In 1987, a bronze sculpture of Birger Ruud, by the Norwegian sculptor Per Ung, was set up in Ruud’s native town of Kongsberg, and in 1991 he was awarded the Egebergs Ærespris for his achievements in ski jumping and alpine skiing.
7 of Chile's 9 athletes in Turin participated in alpine skiing, including the country's top finisher, Noelle Barahona, who was 30th in the women's combined.
The area hosted the World Championships in 2011 and 1978, and alpine skiing debuted at the Winter Olympics here in 1936.
Jay Peak Resort, an alpine skiing area located in Jay, Vermont, USA.
Van Horne has broadcast from four Olympic games, including 1988 in Calgary, covering alpine skiing, 2000 in Sydney covering tennis, 2008 in Beijing, assigned to baseball and softball, and 2010 Vancouver, mentoring the commentators from APTN, the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network.
At the Junior World Alpine Skiing Championships he has two seventh places from 2006 in Mont-Sainte-Anne and one eighth place from 2007 in Flachau.
The channel got a full license in January 2004 and with its possibilities, Formula 1, ice hockey's SM-liiga, Finnish Floorball League, boxing, ski jumping, alpine skiing and some other sports broadcasts were added to the channel's programming.
In 2013, it hosted figure skating, alpine skiing and speed skating in the European Youth Olympic Winter Festival.
Prince Talal’s sporting interests include Polo, Furusiyya (traditional Arab/Islamic military horsemanship), Scuba Diving (PADI Advanced Diver Rating) Motorcycling, and Alpine Skiing.
The Swedish ski pioneer Olle Rimfors visited the Austrian Alps and returned with practical knowledge of Alpine skiing.
William "Billy" Kidd, first American man to earn an Olympic medal in alpine skiing
From 1948–80 the Winter Olympics also served as the World Championships for alpine skiing.