In Copenhagen, Skiers Are Getting Ready to Flip and Spin Down Artificial Snow

Towering above Copenhagen, Denmark, stands the Amager Bakke, a state-of-the-art waste incinerator notable for its enormous smokestacks. The plant burns around 560,000 tons of trash annually, using the energy byproducts to produce power. But the Amager Bakke isn't an industrial eyesore pockmarking Copenhagen's cityscape, far from it. The facility features a climbing wall, cafe, and, yes, an artificial ski slope known as CopenHill. The latter will host a freeskiing competition—the Scandinavi