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Powder Peak
Coach Zara, a cool snow leopard in a teal jacket, takes children down real, steerable runs on a huge alpine mountain over the winter holidays. They race steep and gentle lines, wax boards and ride ice, powder and slush, grow snow crystals in a cold chamber, pump a halfpipe, measure sunlight on the summit, and read the snowpack with ski patrol before a torchlight run under the fireworks. Every chapter is predict, test it on the slope, look, then explain.
ages 8–12 · about 20 min
What you'll learn
- Gravity pulls you down a slope, and steeper slopes speed you up faster
- Friction from wax, snow type and edges, and how riders control speed
- How snowflakes form: six sides, shaped by temperature and moisture
- Height energy and motion energy, and why bent knees land softly
- Reflection, absorption and insulation in snow, and avalanche safety