FollowTraining runs for the World Cup ski races begin tomorrow, so the racers arrived today. Here’s James Crawford from Canada, getting onto the train at Lauterbrunnen.
Needless to say, the race teams bring masses of equipment. This pile of stuff belongs to the Austrians.
It’s quite nice to see that these international superstars have to load all their gear onto the train, just like we do. Here’s Swiss star Niels Hintermann returning his luggage trolley. He probably wants to get his 2 francs deposit back.
What with the national teams and the world’s press, there won’t be a spare bed to be found anywhere in Wengen for the next week or so. We usually get around 30,000 spectators over the race weekend, so things will get a little bit crazy over the next few days.