Statistics
| Sport | Length (meters) | Turns | Vertical drop (start to finish) | Average grade (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobsleigh and skeleton | 1335 | 15 | 103.5 | 7.80 |
| Luge – men's singles | 1316 | 17 | 106 | 8.10 |
| Luge – women's singles/ men's doubles | 1140 | 12 | 77 | 6.80 |
| Turn number | Name | Reason named |
|---|---|---|
| 4. | Sunny corner | Sunniest part of the track. |
| 5. | Snowy corner | Snowiest part of the track. |
| 6., 7., 8., 9., 10. | Albert's alley | |
| 11. | Wasatch | After the Wasatch Range in Utah. |
| 12. | Olympic | After the Winter Olympics. |
| 14. | Finish Curve | After the curve before the finish straight and the actual finish curve of Turn 15. |
The turn names were given by John Morgan during Speed Channel's World Cup bobsleigh coverage on December 17 and December 23, 2006. All curves shown are bobsleigh curves. Men's singles' luge joins after turn two while women's singles and men's doubles luge joining after turn three. Turns 1, 2, 3, 13, and 15 do not have turn names. The section between curves 14 and 15 is the fastest, leading into a long finish straight that was referred by Morgan as the "Graveyard" section because you could lose both time and speed if you hit the walls leading to that turn.
| Sport | Record | Nation – athlete(s) | Date | Time (seconds) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobsleigh – two-man | Start | Canada – Justin Kripps & Jesse Lumsden | November 9, 2011 | 4.77 |
| Bobsleigh – two-woman | Start | Canada – Kaillie Humphries & Heather Moyse | November 14, 2009 | 5.22 |
| Luge – men's singles | Track | Markus Prock – Austria | February 11, 2002 | 44.271 |
| Luge – women's singles | Track | Sylke Otto – Germany | February 13, 2002 | 42.940 |
| Luge – men's doubles | Track | Germany – Patric Leitner & Alexander Resch | February 15, 2002 | 42.953 |
Up until 2009, the track was considered the "World's Fastest Ice" and was where American luger Tony Benshoof set the highest recorded luge speed of 86.6 miles per hour (139.4 km/h) on October 16, 2001 that made the Guinness Book of World Records. Benshoof's speed record was eclipsed by Germany's Felix Loch on February 21, 2009 at the 2008-09 Luge World Cup season finale at the Whistler Sliding Centre in British Columbia, Canada when Loch reached a top speed of 153.98 kilometres per hour (95.68 mph).
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