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Natural Track Luge

Natural track luge is competitive luge on iced natural or alpine luge tracks without artificially banked ice-channel turns. Athletes steer and brake with body, hands and feet; line choice, braking technique, start and aggregate time decide.

LevelVariant FamilyWinter Sport CategoryWinter sport

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Classification

Category Winter sport

Family Winter Sport

Level Variant

Getting started

Kurzbeschreibung Competitive luge on iced natural track with active braking and steering technique.

Geeignet für Suitable for people with winter-sport access who want speed, track lines and luge technique.

Cost Natural-track luge club or guided track rather than casual sledding hill; braking and track walk first. Natural-track luge sled, helmet, spiked shoes/gloves by rule, track time, coach, club/licence and winter travel. FIL/national luge federation, natural-track luge club, alpine luge track or try-luge offer. Separate clearly from artificial-track luge and re…

First progress First controlled rides after instruction; clean lines take many runs.

Fitness level medium to high

Was du brauchst

natural-track luge sled
helmet
protection
spiked shoes/gloves
iced natural track
coach

First steps

find club/track
learn track walk and braking
practise sled position
ride short sections
only then full runs

Natural-track luge club, FIL member federation, Lucy Hill/UP Luge-like track or alpine luge offers.

Slide only on an approved track with helmet, coach, track briefing, protection and suitable ice conditions.

Weitere Angaben

Tags individual, team, outdoor, ice, naturbahnrodeln, winter-sport, natural-track-luge, wintersport

Rules and format

Die Grundlagen

Ziel

Complete the natural track on the sled legally with the fastest aggregate time.

Teilnehmer

singles or doubles.

Teamgröße

single or two people.

Spielfeld

iced natural track.

Dauer

Depends on format and event.

Wertung

aggregate time.

Gewinnbedingung

Best valid time, placing or score in the announced format.

Ausrüstung

natural-track luge sled
helmet
spiked shoes/gloves
ice track

Wichtige Regelpunkte

equipment breach
start/finish rule breach
leaving track
unsafe riding

Regelquellen

Federations and sources

Federations

FIL
International Luge Federation (FIL)

Rules Alpine luge International Luge Federation · official-rulebook · high
Lucy Hill Naturbahn Luge Pure Michigan · venue-guide · medium
The Full Track Upper Peninsula Luge Club · club-guide · medium