Get Ready for Garmisch
What, and who, to watch for at the upcoming FIS World Alpine Skiing Championships in historic Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany BY BRYCE HUBNER
The finish arena at
Garmisch’s 2010
World Cup Finals.
Let’s face it: alpine skiing culture g
long traditions of bingeing on comfo
So when the FIS World Alpine Skiing
return to Bavaria’s Garmisch-Partenk
for the first time since 1978, expect to
on colorful display: tens of thousands
weißbier-swilling, apfelküchen-gorgin
the slopes and streets to celebrate 20
The Zugspitze, Germany’s highest p
region to the southwest, punctuating
that makes Garmisch — by virtually a
rate Alps ski town. It’s got loads of ra
A tenured stop on the World Cup sin
the circuit, Garmisch is perhaps best
hosted the very first Olympic alpine s
(also dubiously remembered as “Hitle
day, many of Germany’s best racers
and some of its athletes will be meda
upcoming championships.
Find a quality käsespätzle recipe an
cowbell, ‘cause Garmisch will at once
and a lot of fun. Here’s a glimpse of w
the planet’s fastest converge in just a
