Ice Ice Baby
Full contact team sport played with sticks and a puck.
What is hockey?
Any regular member of ski club has probably done this, and it is probably the most popular type of skiing.
What is downhill/freestyle skiing?
A sled race performed on an ice-track where participants ride together in four-man sleds, and where all the momentum is built up from the initial push.
What is bobsledding?
When you put a piece of snow under a microscope and look at crystals and patterns (yes, the answer really is as obvious as you think).
What is snowflake studying?
Traditional winter activity achieved when one person decides that another person could really use some snow on their clothes, and the other person responds in kind.
What is a snowball fight?
Often called "ballet on ice", it can be done in pairs, teams, or singles.
What is figure skating?
The recommended method for entrance to NewFork scout camp during the winter.
What is cross-country skiing?
This team sport involves 1 human and 6 good boys (or girls)
What is dog-sledding?
What people think of when they think of playing in the snow and can include snowman building, snow castles, and snow mazes.
What is snow sculpting?
This high-powered activity is enjoyable on groomed trails and pristine fields, while riding a "sled."
What is snow machining?
Ice racing
What is speed skating?
Although this ski sport is traditionally done with actual guns, nerf guns will serve the purpose just as well.
What is a biathlon?
This is NOT an olympic sport, and is typically done on a backyard sled hill. The equipment used for this sport makes it almost impossible to turn without spinning.
What is saucer sledding?
An activity usually performed to have a (relatively) warm and non-windy place to sleep in the snow.
What is snow caving?
Combining multiple winter activities including cross country skiing, ice climbing, and snow caving, with the added bonus of avalanches!
What is mountaineering?
Team sport with such colorful vocabulary as "hog-line," "hacks," "shot rock" and "button" that is played with a brush.
What is curling?
An olympic sport with a more extreme version known as "ski flying."
What is ski jumping?
This sport is conducted on an ice track and one or two competitors slide feet-first steering with their ankles.
What is luge?
Traditionally a summer activity that has some interesting results in the cold.
What are frozen bubbles?
Participant gets pulled along by a powered "vehicle", be it car, snow machine, or horse.
What is skijöring?
While not an olympic sport, it is a hockey-like game using boots instead of ice skates and a triangular stick.
What is broomball?
The name comes from the Austrian word for mound, and participants are graded on style, speed, and ability to not break their knees.
What are moguls?
What is skeleton?
A delicious treat that can only be made in the winter time and that lactose intolerant people should probably not eat.
What is snow ice cream?
Chariot racing in the snow.
What is cutter racing?