An Unlikely South American Country Just Hosted Its First-Ever Ski Championships

No mountains? No problem. 
Uruguay, the South American country known for its sunny beaches and star soccer players, just hosted its first-ever alpine ski national championships with a pair of giant slalom races.
There’s an obvious catch, though. 
As with the surfing events held during the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics (Paris isn’t known for its big waves, of course—Tahiti proved to be a good workaround), the ski race’s organizers had to contend with geography. Afte