Russia saves up snow

Source:Agencies-Global Times Published: 2013-3-27 23:13:02

The Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games Organizing Committee has constructed a huge snow storage facility at the Rosa Khutor ski resort, which will host the alpine skiing and snowboarding at next year's Winter Olympic Games.

The organizers are set to conserve a colossal 450,000 cubic meters of snow before April 15 when the thaw sets in to prevent any shortages of powder at the outdoor Olympic venues in case of unfavorable weather conditions in February.

The snow reserves will be covered by a 40-centimeter layer of specially processed sawdust to conserve it and to allow it to survive the upcoming spring, summer and autumn with minimum losses courtesy of a special technology, which was created by one of the 2014 Olympic Games Finnish partners.

Agencies - Global Times



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