But when we do alpine skiing, the limit is the 100m-high slope we have.
There are 10 events in Olympic alpine skiing competition comprising five each for men and women.
Norway took nine of its gold medals in cross-country skiing, the biathalon and alpine skiing.
They ranged from single-sport mergers, like Ballston Spa and Stillwater in Alpine skiing, to full slates of sports.
They would hike in the summer months and, in winter, pioneer the new sport of downhill or alpine skiing.
One of the most stunning is Sestriere, site of the Alpine skiing venues and surging skyward at more than 6000 feet.
The 29-year-old Maze has achieved 1, 844 points across all races in all alpine skiing's disciplines, finishing on the podium 18 times in a season marked by incredible consistency.
But nor am I a regular fan of bobsledding, field hockey, rowing, hammer throw, or, for that matter, gymnastics or Alpine skiing or the 100 meter dash or swimming.
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The 1880s saw a shift from Nordic skiing (cross-country skiing), to Alpine skiing (downhill skiing), because the adrenaline rush of gliding down a mountainside had more mass appeal than skiing across level terrain.
Gaston, who entered the sport from a traditional alpine skiing background, trains up to 14 hours per week, climbing an average of 25, 000 vertical feet (Northeast ski resorts typically offer between 1, 000-2, 000 vertical feet).
The Swiss will be basically relieved that they have an alpine skiing medal through Nef's bronze, but it may not be enough to save the jobs of some of the team's coaches - it's that serious.
At first, the Winter Games only featured the more established sport of Nordic skiing, but the growing love of downhill skiing resulted in the inclusion of Alpine skiing in the 1936 Winter Games in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
Shiffrin, who last year became the youngest American to win a national alpine skiing championship, heads the slalom standings by 22 points from Hofl-Riesch -- the overall World Cup champion in 2011 and a double Olympic gold medalist.
Indeed, Austrian Patrick Rimi, is U.S. skiing's Alpine director.
In winter, snowshoeing and cross country skiing are just as accessible, while the Eldora alpine ski resort is 90 minutes away.
But even high altitude skiing on glaciers is under threat in the long-term, as Alpine glaciers are receding.
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