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THE WORLD'S CRAZIEST SKI RACES

Der Weisse Ring

January 21 | Lech Zürs, Austria

Der Weisse Ring (the White Ring), aka Das Speed Race, is a 13.6-mile-long circuit around the resorts of Lech and Zürs in Austria's Arlberg ski area. Open to 1,000 mostly amateur racers, the route covers some 18,000 feet of vertical descent, with five lifts, a short,

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