Okay….. with about 7 feet of snow down and another couple of avalanches blocking the road from Sestriere to the track in Cesana, the FIBT decided to cancel the race. Although sometimes races are cancelled due to weather, it usually happens the day of the race, not 4 days ahead of time! There wouldn’t have been enough training runs, and apparently some of the corners of the track were completely covered in snow and weren’t even visible.
So….. the Canadians decided to make due and have a competition anyway! An announcement was made over the speakers during dinner that there would be a “snow battle” at 9pm out in the parking lot. Nation against nation!
It was the biggest and best snow fight I think I’ve ever been a part of – between Austria, Russia, Great Britain, Japan, Latvia, and Canada about 50 people took part (with no major injuries except for a few bruises to show for it)! It also snowed another couple of feet after the battle! So fun!
