Sun Peaks Resort, in central British Columbia, Canada, was selected by the Austrian National Ski Team as its North American early season training venue. The Austrian team will start training at Sun Peaks Resort on November 5, 2005, in preparation for the World Cup circuit that starts at Lake Louise and Aspen and then heads to Europe.
The Austrian team will also be the first to train on the new Nancy Greene International Race Centre built this summer.
The race centre is one of very few Canadian venues that can offer suitable terrain above 1,600 metres. "Elevation means snow," explains Jamie Tattersfield, Mountain Operations Manager for Sun Peaks Resort Corporation. "The combination of the centre's elevation, summer grooming, and expanded snowmaking makes it one of the premier race centres in the country."
The Austrian team will train from early to mid-November each year, leading up the Winter Olympics, and just prior to the Games in February 2010.
