I stole all these photos from Kuzzy.
Falun stadium
You may have heard of Mördarbacken hill in Falun? I will tell you if you haven't heard about it before-- it is a big uphill. The elevation gain by itself is challenging but what makes it truly murderous is how the pitch changes over the course of the hill. Solid up until near the top where it gets really steep but the killer is that after the steep part it goes to gradual and then even a nice grinding flat section before you descend. Less famous than the Mördarbacken is the descent. Now that is worth being excited about! You get two bridges over other ski trails to go over. The second bridge you hit flat and then it drops off. The first time I skied it I wasn't expecting the drop-off and caught some major air. The second time I skied it I prepped for the drop-off and still got air. As soon as you get some weight back on your skis you immediately have two switchbacks that you barely make no matter how good your line is. I will try to take some video during the race-- I am sure there will be plenty of video of the uphill part of the Mördarbacken.
Looking across to the ski jumps
Falun stadium
Falun stadium
Little Dalarna horse that hangs around the stadium and other various places.
How to move skis around Europe.
Falun stadiumYou may have heard of Mördarbacken hill in Falun? I will tell you if you haven't heard about it before-- it is a big uphill. The elevation gain by itself is challenging but what makes it truly murderous is how the pitch changes over the course of the hill. Solid up until near the top where it gets really steep but the killer is that after the steep part it goes to gradual and then even a nice grinding flat section before you descend. Less famous than the Mördarbacken is the descent. Now that is worth being excited about! You get two bridges over other ski trails to go over. The second bridge you hit flat and then it drops off. The first time I skied it I wasn't expecting the drop-off and caught some major air. The second time I skied it I prepped for the drop-off and still got air. As soon as you get some weight back on your skis you immediately have two switchbacks that you barely make no matter how good your line is. I will try to take some video during the race-- I am sure there will be plenty of video of the uphill part of the Mördarbacken.
Looking across to the ski jumps
Falun stadium
Falun stadium
Little Dalarna horse that hangs around the stadium and other various places.
How to move skis around Europe.
posted by LAV at 11:40
2 Comments:
Oh, man. Now you're talking! I've read all kinda stuff about the Mördarböcken, and I would love to see some video - especially if you can really show how steep the pitch is. What's the grade? 10%? Extra points for clips of racers hitting those bumps on the descent.
I love the Dalarna horse, too.
I will try.
And thanks for the horse's name. I knew it was called something special.
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