ALPINE SKI WORLD CUP. MARIBOR, Slovenia – Hopefully the Golden Fox will have a more wintery place to call home next year. When overnight temperatures failed to come anywhere close to freezing, officials canceled Sunday’s World Cup ladies slalom in Maribor.

Workmen dismantle the finish area of a women's ski World Cup slalom race after it was canceled, in Maribor, Slovenia, Sunday, Jan. 16, 2011. Organizers canceled the race less two hours before its scheduled start as days of warm weather damaged the Pohorje course. (AP Photo/Armando Trovati)

Following Saturday’s giant slalom cancelation, organizers and race officials began working feverishly to treat the snow on the course – using water, salt and chemicals – making every possible effort to render conditions suitable for Sunday’s slalom. But after almost two weeks of high temperatures soaring to 15 degrees Celsius and not falling under 4 degrees, it wasn’t possible to manipulate the snow into any sot of reliable consistency.

FISalpine.com
Sunday 16 January 2011