Snow grooming for world cups

作者：Karina Lumholt

Theidrefjäll度假胜地瑞典中部最近举办了第四次由国际滑雪联合会FIS安排的滑雪十字架世界杯。滑雪十字架是一项快节奏的滑雪运动，迅速转弯和跳高跳跃，同时有一个以上的滑雪者在路线上滑雪。这项运动以公共友好和有趣的观看而闻名。

建立滑雪横路

TheiCON alpine snow management solutionfrom Leica Geosystems was used to prepare the ski cross course andmeasure the exact heights of the jumpsand turns to ensure a safe and fair competition. The design model of the course is read by the machine control solution installed on the snow groomer and based on the bare terrain measurements taken during the summer. The exact snow heights can be calculated to build the course.

“我们甚至使用图标高山解决方案来测量节省的积雪的高度，我们还使用了无人机（无人驾驶飞机）来准确计算我们拥有多少节省的雪以及我们需要生产多少技术雪，”explains Jonas Pålsson, snow groomer operator at Idre Fjäll.

Pålsson has worked with the iCON alpine solution for several years now –IDREFJäll是斯堪的纳维亚半岛第一个采用3D雪深度测量和雪地管理解决方案的滑雪胜地s.

“我用the iCON alpine solution all the time on the regular slopes and trails. I use the solution to measure depths and plan early on if an area needs to have more snow allocated. This saves not only valuable time but also costs because the need for snow production can be calculated more exactly,”解释说Pålsson。

Idre Fjäll started with a local GNSS base station placed at the very top. To确保连续连接和精确测量for the machines, the resort now subscribes to theHXGN SmartNet，作为Leica Icon Alpine解决方案的一部分，世界上最大的参考站网络。

Implementing environmentally-friendly technology on Idre Fjäll

滑雪交叉比赛的计划在比赛开始之前就开始了。每年，IdreFjäll在一个季节中节省了下雪2-3 millimetre double-layered felt carpet。

“今年我们总共节省了260,000 cubic metres of snow，”IdreFjäll的运营经理Lars Fagrell解释说。“We saved the snow from last year’s ski cross course, and even though 2018 was a record warm summer, we still had snow to build the course with less use of technical snow.”

IDREFJäll正在采用不同的技术解决方案，例如图标Alpine解决方案，以保持环境友好的态度为雪地目的地。

“We总共1,500,000立方米的技术雪every season,”says Fagrell.“If we can节省10％至20％的雪from the previous year, it means a very big cost reduction for us. The Leica iCON alpine solution helps us to have control over the snow volumes, so we can place the exact snow heights of technical and saved snow.”</p>

有效的雪管理

IdreFjäll还今年还举办了Speed Ski世界杯，并为此目的创建了最陡峭的曲目“ Chocken”或“ Shock”。速度skiers can reach a speed of more than 200 kilometres per hour- 这需要一个100 per cent build and groomed slope。为了在斯堪的纳维亚州创建最陡峭的修饰滑雪坡，IdreFjäll正在使用图标Alpine溶液。

有效的雪管理is required for hosting large competitions and帮助整个度假胜地扩展滑雪季节。Geared with iCON alpine solution, Idre Fjäll was ready to open the cross-country ski trails and alpine slopes already in early autumn and the winter season will run until one week after Easter when summer activities take over.