The first Royal Air Force woman rides the entire Cresta Run from top to bottom, the oldest and steepest ice run in the world!
Flight Lieutenant Hobbs, a Weapons Foundation Course Trainer at the Defence College of Air and Space Operations, at RAF Shawbury, has become the first Royal Air Force woman to ride the entire Cresta Run from top to bottom. She only the eighth woman in modern history to complete the course since a ban on women was lifted in 2018.
Royal Air Force aviators compete at Inter-service Championships annually in a range of different sports and ice skeleton is just one example of the many sporting and adventure activities the RAF provide for our personnel to get involved with, either for training purposes or personal interest.
The Cresta Run is a natural ice skeleton toboggan racing track. It is also the oldest and steepest ice run in the world!
- Located - Saint Moritz, Switzerland
- Length - approximately ¾ of a mile long (1.2125 km long)
- Height - 514 ft (157m)
- Gradient - varies from 1 in 2.8 to 1 in 8.7
- Top speed - exceeding 70mph
