After weeks of uncertainty with the weather and concerted efforts to make artificial snow on the ski trails at Otway Nordic Centre, Mother Nature is finally starting to cooperate.
“We normally would have started snowmaking in November or December, as early as we could, but without those cold temperatures we weren’t able to get it started until the first week of January,” said Kevin Pettersen, chair of the local organizing committee and a past-president of the host Caledonia Nordic Ski Club.
“If we didn’t have the snowmaking I don’t think we’d be talking about hosting the world,” Pettersen said. “You don’t need a lot of snow but you certainly couldn’t be relying on hosting a big event with just six inches of snow. Twelve countries, including China, are entered in the Para Biathlon event, which is sanctioned by the International Biathlon Union. The International Ski Federation will sanction the Para World Cup, which will include teams from 18 countries.
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