Alpensia Cross-Country and Biathlon Centre

Alpensia Cross-Country Centre (알펜시아 크로스컨트리 센터) and Alpensia Biathlon Centre (알펜시아 바이애슬론 센터) are sport venues in the Alpensia resort, located in Daegwallyeong-myeon, Pyeongchang-gun, Gangwon-do, South Korea. They are used for cross-country skiing and biathlon respectively. Each grandstand of the two venues is contiguous and similar in appearance. They also adjoin the ski jumping venue.

Alpensia Cross-Country Centre/
Alpensia Biathlon Centre

알펜시아 크로스컨트리 센터/ 알펜시아 바이애슬론 센터
Alpensia Cross-Country Centre in 2017
Coordinates	37°39′50″N 128°41′06″E
Type	stadium
Genre(s)	sporting events
Surface	snow
Scoreboard	yes
Construction
Built	1995

In the non-winter season, the venues are also used as golf courses named Alpensia 700.

History

The venues were first completed in December 1995.[1] They were called the Gangwon (Kangwon) provincial Nordic venue. They hosted the cross-country skiing and biathlon events at the 1999 Asian Winter Games.

After the establishment of Alpensia, some renovations were undergone as part of the resort. At the 2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games, the cross-country skiing venue hosted the cross-country skiing events, while the biathlon venue hosted the snowshoeing events. They were the cross-country skiing, biathlon and Nordic combined venues at the 2018 Winter Olympics. For the Winter Olympics and Paralympics they were named current Alpensia Cross-Country Centre and Alpensia Biathlon Centre respectively.

References

1. 한국스키 70년사 (70 Years' History of Korean Ski) (in Korean). Korea Ski Association. 30 December 1999. p. 167.