Top hills of Happo-One piste

Top hills of Happo-One piste

The photo shows the top hills of the Happo-One piste in the ski resort village of Hakuba, Nagano Prefecture, the site of the men's downhill course in the Nagano Winter Olympics next February. Olympic organizers gave the green light Dec. 1 to raising the starting point of the course from 1,680 to 1,765 meters above sea level.

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  • 1997/12/01 00:00:00
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