For Immediate Release November 16, 2012
Media Contact: John Dakin
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BIRDS OF PREY RACECOURSE GETS “THUMBS UP” FOR FIS SNOW CONTROL—FULL SPEED AHEAD FOR 2012 AUDI FIS BIRDS OF PREY WORLD CUP RACE WEEK AT BEAVER CREEK
BEAVER CREEK, Colorado—It’s full speed ahead for the Audi FIS Birds of Prey World Cup Race Week at Beaver Creek as organizers received the green light Friday for the 2012 edition of racing.
“Our partners at Vail Resorts have certainly made the most of the temperatures and the real stuff that Mother Nature has provided,” explained Michael Imhof, Vice President of Sales and Operations for the Vail Valley Foundation. “Thanks to favorable snowmaking conditions and the natural snow we have received, everything is on track for a great weekend of racing at the Audi FIS Birds of Prey.”
Beaver Creek Mountain, which has received close to a foot of new snow in the past week, is scheduled to open on Wednesday, November 21, while Vail Mountain opened to the public on November 16.
“The forecast calls for above freezing temperatures during the day,” explained Chief of Race Greg Johnson, “with good temperatures and low humidity and generally clear skies at night to complete the race venue. I feel with this forecast, we are in good position for the events.”
The FIS requires a Snow Control inspection for all World Cup sites in advance of the competitions to ensure that good racecourse conditions exist or that the weather forecast is favorable for sufficient snowmaking.
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Birds of Prey Gets Green Light
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The 2012 Audi FIS Birds of Prey World Cup Race Week gets underway Tuesday, November 27, with Downhill Training. Competition kicks off Friday, November 30, with the traditional Birds of Prey Downhill, followed by Super-G on Saturday, December 1. The weekend’s racing will conclude with Giant Slalom on Sunday, December 2.
The 2012 Audi FIS Birds of Prey World Cup Race Week at Beaver Creek is a project of the Vail Valley Foundation. For additional information on Birds of Prey, visit www.bcworldcup.com.
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About Vail Resorts
Vail Resorts, Inc., through its subsidiaries, is the leading mountain resort operator in the United States. The Company's subsidiaries operate the mountain resorts of Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge and Keystone in Colorado, and Heavenly, Northstar and Kirkwood in the Lake Tahoe area of California and Nevada, and the Grand Teton Lodge Company in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The Company's subsidiary, RockResorts, a luxury resort hotel company, manages casually elegant properties. Vail Resorts Development Company is the real estate planning, development and construction subsidiary of Vail Resorts, Inc. Vail Resorts is a publicly held company traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: MTN). The Vail Resorts company website is www.vailresorts.com and consumer website is www.snow.com