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A part of the Winter Olympic games since their inception in 1924,bobsledding is a sport of exhilarating but dangerous speed.
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This ideal track is considered and included in major bobsledding competitions such as the Olympics.
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Many bobsledding runs are at least 1,500 meters long with around 15 tunrs throughout the course.
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Bobsled tracks are also used for skeleton and luge,two other fast-paced Olympic Sports.
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Bobsledding developed in the 1880s both in the lumbering towns of upstate New York and at the ski resorts of the Swiss Alps.