Chapter 1259
The cable car climbs higher and higher through the dense woods, and the timid girl is afraid to reach down and look down. At an altitude of 1,600 or 700 metres, the woods gradually transition into a grassland with many unknown flowers.
Visitors are not allowed to tread on the areas where the flowers are planted.
The Second World Ski Resort is also the most entertaining ski resort in the world.
Skiing is the theme, snowmobiles, a style and romantic horse-drawn plough, tobogganing, a snow football pitch, a snow volleyball court, a horse-running track, snow sculptures, ice lanterns to enjoy, a children's playground, winter swimming, a hot spring bath, grass-skating, bumper cars, a snow frisbee, bungee jumping, an ice skating rink, snow bicycles, a snow sauna and a sun vip.
The cable car stopped twice in the middle of the ride. The cable car ticket Ding Steady bought was for the middle section of the ski beginner's trail, which stopped at an altitude of 3,200 metres on the mountainside.
The two just got out of the cable car and couldn't wait to run out into the snow.
"Wow, it's snowing here!" Guo Yu stretched out her hands in surprise, leaning up to the sky and letting the snowflakes drift on her face.
Ding Steady took out her phone and captured this beautiful and moving moment, where nature is beautiful.
"Yes, I heard that it snows every morning on the Great Snowy Mountains, and nowadays, the snow is very thick, with snow reaching three metres thick, if not for the snow press.
"The snow-covered mountain in silver, except for the fact that you can see kilometres away at the foot of the mountain which is still green, is endlessly snow-covered, even the cedars in the vegetation belt are similarly pressed tightly by the snow."
Looking up towards the summit, the mountain is getting steeper and steeper, and not far away stands a sign that reads "Oxygen deprivation above 3,500 metres, please prepare plateau reaction medicine in big red letters.
At this section of the ropeway, if you want to go further up, you must buy Plateau Red anti-altitude sickness medicine before you can get back on the ropeway, otherwise the officials may not guarantee the safety of tourists.
At 3,000 metres above sea level, you can see the food city, not far from the foot of the mountain, in full view, as well as the majestic buildings.
If you are higher up, you can probably see even further, and at the back of the mountain, if there is no cloud cover, you can see the villa area inside the Second Heart Circle, as well as other attractions.
Visitors just off the gondola are equally surprised, with sounds of joy and cheers, literally endless.
In layman's terms, the standard for a class ski run is 300m to 600m long and 60m wide, with slopes ranging from 5 degrees to 12 degrees, while the standard for an intermediate ski run is 800m long and 150m wide, with slopes ranging from 16 degrees to 22 degrees.
Of course, the classification of ski slope levels has a lot to do with the country, in Europe, where skiing first emerged, the classification is more detailed and the system is more complete, using different colours to distinguish between different levels of slopes, and using the three primary colours (green, blue and red) to represent the three most common levels of slopes, using black, orange and yellow to represent the higher difficulty levels of the three slopes, in addition to parks specifically marked with park, and unmarked wild snow.
If you go by the standard Alpine alpine skiing classification, it is: green piste, beginner, with a slope percentage of 6% to 25% (45 degrees is 100%).
The pistes are wider and are all machine pressed; the blue pistes, intermediate, have slopes of 25% to 40%, are wider and are usually machine pressed and flat.
Black, advanced, steeper, slopes over 40%, may not be pressed snow, will have various grooves left after skiing, requires skier to master various types of techniques such as mogul, jumpturn, etc.
Double black, expert level, steep slopes with all kinds of weird terrain such as narrow gullies, cliffs, obstacles, and woods. These trails require excellent skiing skills, physical strength and experience in all kinds of situations.
Of course, there are also the wilderness trails, which are very dangerous and untouched by man, and for the more adventurous skiers, the unknown dangers are even more enjoyable.
For example, the common number 15 means how many marker poles are left to the end of the piste, etc.
There are grades of piste, but there is no uniform standard for skiers, so it is up to the skier to judge for themselves and choose the right piste for them.
However, it is more difficult to get into the advanced and above pistes, you need to try them out in front of the staff, and if you want to get into the expert pistes there is an additional charge. Of course you don't need to pay if you watch from the outside.
But at the Second World Ski Resort, the technical standards for skiers are given, called the Second World Skiers' Standards. There are five levels of green belts, with one being the lowest and five being the highest.
Green belts are for beginners, and past the third green rank you can take the higher blue belt. The higher the rank, the more standard the technique. The fifth rank is a perfect move, a perfect pass, which is more difficult to achieve.
A blue belt is an intermediate skier, again with five steps, and passing three steps leads to a black belt.
A black belt is an advanced skier, again with five steps, and after three steps you can take a purple belt at professional level.
There are nine levels of purple belt, from first to third, and at fourth level you must have won a medal in a national competition, and at fifth level you must have won a medal in an international skiing competition.
The sixth rank must have won something like an Olympic gold medal to qualify, the seventh rank must have won three or more gold medals in international competitions, the eighth rank is a perennial world number one ranking and five gold medals in international events, and the ninth rank is an honorary rank.
In order to be recognised by skiing experts around the world, the Second World offers a bonus of $10,000 for a third purple belt, $50,000 for a fourth purple belt and $100,000 for a fifth purple belt.
For a fifth purple belt, the prize is $100,000, for a sixth purple belt, the prize is $200,000, free access to the ski slopes and priority in using the tracks, for a seventh purple belt, the prize rises to $1 million, for an eighth purple belt, the prize is $5 million and the prize is not cumulative.
Chest badges, the colour indicates the belt rank, the number of colour stripes indicates the rank, the higher the rank, the better the quality of the badge.
For those skiing experts, it could be said that they get money for nothing, and although the fis does not currently recognise it, for the second world, it doesn't matter.
As long as it is recognised by skiers worldwide, Second World can run its own events anyway, a few times a year, and it doesn't cost much.
When Second World was launched, skiers at home and abroad supported the scheme, there was money to be made and it would promote skiers, but it was a conflict of interest with the fis.
The fis can't do anything about Second World, the Future Technology Group is too rich and has a high global profile.
At the moment there are over 500 people who have been certified as purple belt level 1 and above, and every day skiers from all over the world come to get certified.
The certification also costs money, and the lower the rank, the lower the cost. For a green belt, the cost is only twenty dollars, for a blue belt fifty dollars, for a black belt three hundred dollars and for a purple belt one thousand dollars.
Chapter 1260
There is also a cost for the examinations, the lower the rank, the lower the cost. A green belt costs only $20, a blue belt $50, a black belt $300 and a purple belt $1,000.
The rise of ski ranks is a good thing for skiers. People are vanity animals and everyone wants to wear a high class badge.
At ski resorts, only skiers wearing a blue belt of fourth rank or above are allowed to receive free coaching at the ski resort.
Instructors from other ski resorts also come to the Second World to get their certification and return to their own ski resorts, at least to be recognised by visitors.
Ding Steady and Guo Yu also want to get certified to play, but the Green Belt First Level, which is not so easy to get, represents an introduction, or at least the ability to say in front of friends that they can ski.
There are many ski slopes for beginners, some are linked together, one ski run is several kilometres long and a few hundred metres wide, and every hundred metres or so of vegetation strip is another ski run of the same size.
There are five large ski runs like this one, each with no less than 10,000 visitors.
Not far away, there is a children's playground where people back home can leave their children in care, register them, leave their contact details and then parents can go off and have fun on their own.
The children's playground in the Second World is different from other ski resorts, mainly in terms of the children it takes care of.
The children's playground is about 300 metres long and wide, and thousands of children play in it, building snowmen, playing with bumper cars and playing with snowballs.
Sometimes the children are bullied by other children of the same age and may cry a little, but a staff member will come up to comfort them and they will be back to playing in no time.
When it's time to eat, the staff are also responsible for feeding the children in the playground. Of course it doesn't cost much to take care of the children, 35 RMB per child, and the children are fed, as long as they are led away before 8pm.
"Wow, the way the playground is managed is so humane, other playgrounds don't really have that." Guo Yu said with emotion as she looked at the happy and frolicking children.
"Yes, parents who want to play on their own don't have to worry about anything, some children like to play on their own too, it's so happy to see their innocent and bright smiles!"
"Let's go, store our packs and rent snow equipment."
Next to the ropeway is the snow park hall, which is located every two kilometres. The two of them rent ski equipment, helmets, gloves, padded snow suits, snowboards and other tools in the snow hall.
The cost is not high, just twenty dollars a day for a pressurised fee, but of course, the better ones may cost a little more.
Those who enter the snow park must wear a helmet, both to keep warm and to protect themselves.
Although the danger zones in the second world have been isolated and are few and far between, there are still more than a few obstacles, or the chance of visitors bumping into each other.
The halls of the snow park are crowded and the temperature is relatively high, unlike the snowy areas where the temperature drops below zero, and even lower if the mountain peaks are even colder, at -15 degrees.
If they are tired and hungry, visitors come to the snow hall to rest. Each snow hall also has a hot spring, the cost of a hot spring bath is not high, twenty dollars per person, but if it is a separate room it may be more expensive.
This is what makes Second World Ski Resort different from other ski resorts. Other ski resorts have difficulty in finding a hot spring, but at Second World Ski Resort, every snow hall is built in the location of a hot spring.
"Wow, a fourth degree blue belt, a master." Guo Yu saw a young man galloping down the green track at will, stopping only to see the chest mark, and the people around him were very envious.
There were no less than 200,000 people at the snow park every day, but most of them were novices, and not many of them could have a fourth degree blue belt.
After all, those who could take the fourth rank of blue belt could also play in the black lane, and it was still no problem to take the first rank of black belt.
"Haha, it's not like we're not going back. If we have time to practice some day, we can take a green belt first rank for fun. Ding Steady suggested.
He was also very envious of those who were very skilful skiers.
"Hee hee, that's fine! At least having a certificate proves that we're not rookies." Guo Yu praised this good idea.
"The earth was silvery white and clean, while the snowflakes were still like willow, like cotton, like goose feathers drifting and fluttering from the sky, or flying, or hovering, or falling straight and fast, spreading out on the ground."
The snow is thicker on the mountain tops, and the temperature is too low to melt, like a white silver palace. A milky white smoke rose from the early sunny hills, lingering, steaming, gathering into clouds, tantalizing a few white clouds, half set in the sky, half clinging to the peaks, like an immortal palace, indistinct and hidden, this was the snowy scene before the two men.
Guo Yu opened her hands, small snow drifts fell from the sky and landed on her slender pink palms, the snow touched an object warmer than it was, it didn't take long to melt, Guo Yu only felt cold and icy, it also melted into its heart.
Her dome soared and drifted. Xiang Yu looked at her charming smile, also can not help but be fascinated.
But the noisy sounds around them soon woke the two up. Both wanted to dance in such a snowy landscape, it must be something else, beautiful.
They couldn't wait to learn how to ski quickly and ride like those piggy boards. Both of them are on twin skis, and getting started on a snowboard is slightly more difficult than on a twin board, and it's a big problem for newcomers to snowboarding to stand and glide.
Of course, once you get started, you progress faster and have more fun than on a twinboard, which is in the extreme sports category compared to the traditional feel of a twinboard.
Snowboarding is also different from twinboarding in that the board is firmly anchored to the feet and the body weight controls the board's glide, so that the board cannot be separated from the feet even after a fall, which adds to its danger and at the same time brings greater excitement to the enthusiast.
Snowboarding was not developed from twin boards, but is similar to surfing and skateboarding.
The maverick look and behaviour of snowboarders makes snowboarding more like hip-hop on snow, full of movement and passion, with the freedom of individuality.
And because of their natural agility, snowboarders can easily perform many jumps, leaps and spins, as well as make a splash on u-chutes, tubes, tables and even fall and roll to their feet.