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			Ratnik Snow Giant V Snow Gun at the finish line of the Olympic Downhill, Super-G and Combined Alpine Skiing Events at Snowbasin Ski Area in Utah, USA.

Making snow for the Winter Olympic Games is a Ratnik Industries tradition that spans over two decades. Ratnik Industries has supplied snowmaking equipment and services to nearly every Winter Olympic Games since 1980.

For the most recent 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Ratnik Industries provided snowmaking equipment to all three Olympic downhill skiing venues and also provided system engineering services to two of the Olympic venues, Park City Mountain Resort and Deer Valley Resort.

Ratnik Industries designed the snowmaking system master plan at Park City Mountain Resort. In addition, Ratnik Snow Giant II + II snow guns on sleds were exclusively used to make snow covering the race trails for the Olympic Giant Slalom Alpine Skiing Events. At Deer Valley Resort, Ratnik Snow Giant II snow guns on sleds made snow on the upper portion of the resort trails. At Snowbasin Ski Area, Ratnik equipment was used to make twenty-five percent of all snow covering the race trails for the Downhill, Super-G, and Combined Alpine Skiing events.

	How has Ratnik Industries participated in the Winter Olympic Games?
	Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Olympics	Supplied Snow Giant II + II Snow Guns to Park City Mountain Resort, site of the Giant Slalom Alpine Skiing, Snowboarding Parallel Giant Slalom, and Snowboarding Halfpipe Events Supplied Snow Giant II Snow Guns to Deer Valley Resort, site of the Slalom Alpine Skiing, Freestyle Aerials, and Freestyle Moguls Events Supplied Snow Giant V Snow Guns to Snowbasin Ski Area, site of the Downhill and Super-G Alpine Skiing Events
	Nagano 1998 Winter Olympics	Supplied Baby Snow Giant II + II Snow Guns and Snow Giant II Snow Guns to the site of the Giant Slalom Alpine Skiing Events Supplied Baby Snow Giant II + II Snow Guns, Snow Giant II Snow Guns, Snow Giant II + II Snow Guns, and Snow Giant V Snow Guns to the site of the Downhill Alpine Skiing Events and the Takamagahara practice site
	Lillehammer 1994 Winter Olympics	Supplied Model 2000 Water Hydrants to the Hafjell Alpine Center Supplied Snow Giant II Snow Guns to the sites of all Alpine Events, except for the Downhill Alpine Skiing Event Served as technical consultants to the Norwegian Olympic Committee through Ratnik distributors
	Calgary 1988 Winter Olympics	Supplied Snow Giant II Snow Guns and special High- Pressure Water Hydrants to the Mt. Nakiska Alpine Events site Supplied Model 2000 Water Hydrants, Model 3000 Air Hydrants, and Baby Snow Giant Snow Guns to the Canmore Nordic Center, site of the Cross Country Skiing Events Supplied Snow Giant II Snow Guns to the Ski Jumps at Olympic Park Supplied special Water Hydrants to the site of the Bobsled Run Provided consulting services to the organizing committees and contractors
	Sarajevo 1984 Winter Olympics	Supplied Model 1000 Water Hydrants for the fan gun snowmaking system at the Sarajevo Olympic Games
	Lake Placid 1980 Winter Olympics	Supplied snowmaking equipment that produced 100% of all snow for the Slalom, Giant Slalom, and Downhill Alpine Skiing Events and the Ski Jumping Events. Ratnik provided Snow Giant II Snow Guns, Snow Giant II + II Snow Guns, Baby Snow Giant Snow Guns, Model 1000 Water Hydrants, and Model 3000 Air Hydrants