Editing Alpine skiing (section)

{{short description|Sport of skiing downhill}}
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'''Alpine skiing''', or '''downhill skiing''', is the pastime of sliding down [[snow]]-covered slopes on [[ski]]s with fixed-heel [[Ski binding|bindings]], unlike other types of [[skiing]] ([[Cross-country skiing|cross-country]], [[Telemark skiing|Telemark]], or [[ski jumping]]), which use skis with free-heel bindings. Whether for [[recreation]] or for [[sport]], it is typically practiced at [[ski resort]]s, which provide such services as [[ski lift]]s, artificial [[snow making]], [[snow grooming]], restaurants, and [[ski&nbsp;patrol]].

"[[Piste|Off-piste]]" skiers—those skiing outside ski area boundaries—may employ [[snowmobile]]s, [[heliskiing|helicopters]] or [[Snowcat|snowcats]] to deliver them to the top of a slope. [[Back country skiing|Back-country skiers]] may use specialized equipment with a free-heel mode, including 'sticky' [[Ski skins|skins]] on the bottoms of the skis to stop them sliding backwards during an ascent, then locking the heel and removing the skins for their descent.

Alpine ski racing has been held at the [[Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics|Winter Olympics]] since [[Alpine skiing at the 1936 Winter Olympics|1936]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.olympic.org/en/content/Sports/All-Sports/Skiing/Alpine-Skiing/ |title=Alpine Skiing |publisher=International Olympic Committee |access-date=March 12, 2010}}</ref> A competition corresponding to modern [[Slalom skiing|slalom]] was introduced in Norway at [[Oslo]] in&nbsp;1886.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=2021 |title=Protect Yourself From COVID-19 in Ski Resorts |url=https://my-mountains.ch/how-to-protect-yourself-from-covid-19-in-ski-resorts/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128045403/https://my-mountains.ch/how-to-protect-yourself-from-covid-19-in-ski-resorts/ |archive-date=January 28, 2021}}</ref>

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