{"id":1848,"date":"2015-01-13T07:47:44","date_gmt":"2015-01-13T06:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oatridge.co.uk\/nic\/?p=1848"},"modified":"2015-01-13T07:47:44","modified_gmt":"2015-01-13T06:47:44","slug":"tough-ski-conditions-adelboden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oatridge.co.uk\/nic\/snow-conditions\/tough-ski-conditions-adelboden\/","title":{"rendered":"Tough ski conditions in Adelboden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.swisswintersports.co.uk\/adelboden.php\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.swisswintersports.co.uk\/images\/adelboden3.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"452\" class \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Adelboden from Chuenisb\u00e4rgli<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.swisswintersports.co.uk\/adelboden.php\" title=\"Ski Resort Adelboden\" target=\"_blank\">Adelboden<\/a> was in the news recently with the undiplomatic outburst from the US Ambassador to Switzerland, but last weekend the town got a different reception when over 30,000 raucous Swiss watched the FIS Slalom on the Chuenisb\u00e4rgli.<\/p>\n<p>This is one of the toughest races on the circuit at the best of times, with a steep bottom section that catches out even the best racers. Conditions were particularly challenging however with temperatures as high as 15 degrees, the rain falling and thick cloud enveloping the course. This didn&#8217;t prevent Austrian Marcel Hirscher extending his lead in the Slalom standings; the guy really is at the top of his game. Frenchman Alex Pinturault (with \u201cJe Suis Charlie\u201d on his helmet) came second, and Henrik Kristoffersen from Norway came third.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/image2.redbull.com\/rbcom\/010\/2015-01-12\/1331699110278_2\/0012\/0\/0\/0\/2050\/3076\/700\/2\/marcel-hirscher-during-the-giant-slalom-in-adelboden.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" alt=\"Marcel Hirscher during the Giant Slalom\u00a9 Alexis Boichard\/Agence Zoom\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><br \/>\nFor skiers in the Alps, things are looking up as we head into next weekend with temperatures dropping and the precipitation falling as snow over the next few days. However lower runs are still pitifully light on snow with lots of icy patches and off-piste is tough. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slf.ch\/lawinenbulletin\/lawinengefahr\/index_EN\" title=\"SLF Avalanche risk\" target=\"_blank\">SLF<\/a> reports that considerable avalanche danger will be encountered in some regions and snow drifts require caution. At the weekend, Sunday looks the more promising day to see some sunshine, particularly in the more Southern resorts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adelboden was in the news recently with the undiplomatic outburst from the US Ambassador to Switzerland, but last weekend the town got a different reception when over 30,000 raucous Swiss watched the FIS Slalom on the Chuenisb\u00e4rgli. This is one of the toughest races on the circuit at the best of times, with a steep &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oatridge.co.uk\/nic\/snow-conditions\/tough-ski-conditions-adelboden\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Tough ski conditions in Adelboden&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[218],"tags":[18,39,44,45,99,188,37,74,113,40,227],"class_list":["post-1848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-snow-conditions","tag-adelboden","tag-alps","tag-chuenisbargl","tag-chuenisbargli","tag-high","tag-off-piste","tag-ski","tag-ski-resort","tag-swiss","tag-switzerland","tag-us-ambassador-to-switzerland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oatridge.co.uk\/nic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oatridge.co.uk\/nic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oatridge.co.uk\/nic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oatridge.co.uk\/nic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oatridge.co.uk\/nic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1848"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.oatridge.co.uk\/nic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1848\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1849,"href":"http:\/\/www.oatridge.co.uk\/nic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1848\/revisions\/1849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oatridge.co.uk\/nic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oatridge.co.uk\/nic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oatridge.co.uk\/nic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}