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It was cold, but beautiful.
Sun was shining directly on our faces, that's why we have eyes almost closed.
X03796. It's a real winter in Stockholm this year. This lady works on the Biological Museum on Djurgården and she is skiing to work.
As I looked back at the Lake Louise Ski area, I remembered that my buddy Mike took a shot from there. I wondered.....where was Mike standing when he took that shot across the valley.
Various names apply to the Slate Range which forms the bases for the Louse Ski Resort. Awesome runs are found on both sides of these mountains.
In 1890 a ski jumping hill was constructed here at Fiskartorpet. It was nicknamed "självmördaren", the suicide hill. One reason for that was that you would land on or near the frozen lake, Laduviken. Fifteen years later, a bigger hill was built. The construction was deemed unsafe and around 1930 the current version was ready. Back then, huge crowds with up to 30 000 spectators would watch the ski jumping contests. Around 1980 it was left abandoned. A group of volunteers renovated the hill and there was a contest here some fifteen years ago. But this is how it looks today. Kinda sad. The buildings are used for conferences today, I think.
An unusual end to the Ski Train, five BNSF business cars bring up the rear of the train as the head end of the train comes out of Little Ten Curve.
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