Around the country and throughout the world, GSA houses Federal workers and provides both products and services to support the important work of government. With an annual budget of approximately $16 billion and a staff of 14,000, GSA influences almost $66 billion in government financial transactions.
With an average annual snowfall of 280 inches, 2465 acres of skiable terrain, and a base elevation of 9712 feet, Copper Mountain is one of the highest ski resorts in Colorado, and offers abundant ski and snowboard terrain for all ability levels.
The FIS was long opposed to ski flying as a whole, and it has never been included in the Olympic or Nordic World Ski Championships. However, since 1972, the FIS Ski Flying World Championships has been a mainstay event, and ski flying event are also part of the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup calendar. The first to officially reach 200 metres (660 ft) was Toni Nieminen in 1994, by landing a jump of 203 metres (666 ft); at the time, ski jumpers did not receive distance points for the part of the jumps exceeding 191 metres.