Fun with Technology!

Click on the image at left to see an annotated photograph of BSSEF's Hangman's race course taken from space, courtesy of Google Earth.  That's pretty cool.  What's even cooler (at least for us geeks) is the image has imbedded GPS data.  That makes it easy to calculate that the vertical drop of GS setup on Hangman's is 250 meters, which is within USSA requirements.  The average slope of the course is 19 degrees (31%), which—according to SkiStats—makes Hangman's an upper-intermediate slope.  For the sake of comparison, Lenin (off the Tram) is as steep as 50 degrees and has an average slope of 37 degrees.