Transport, accommodation, snow conditions, course preparation and other logistics for the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games are going to get their first big test this week.
A men's World Cup downhill and super-G are scheduled for the South Korean venue of Jeongseon next weekend - the first of 28 official test events for the next Winter Games.
The Alpine event was only confirmed last month following concern that a key gondola would not be completed in time.
Now the focus is more on organisational issues, like training inexperienced course crews to prepare vital safety netting and keep the snow smooth enough to avoid high-speed crashes.
"We are struggling to get the basics," International Ski Federation (FIS) technical expert Gunter Hujara said. "People think it's about the gondola. It's everything."
The first of three downhill training sessions is scheduled for Wednesday.
"I am curious how it is and what happens over there," said Italian downhiller Christof Innerhofer, silver medallist at the 2014 Sochi Games. "From what I've seen, there is not much snow. I have watched pictures on Instagram."
The Jeongseon venue contains only one competition run. So unlike at previous games, there will be only one course for both men's and women's speed events - with the women to have their test event next season.
"It's a competition venue. It's only designed for this," Hujara said. "The original plan was to have men's and women's courses there but then came concerns from environmentalists and the FIS took it very seriously."
The Olympic technical events of slalom and giant slalom will be held in Yongpyong, which has been the site of World Cup races before.
With only one speed course available, the FIS decided to alter its usual Olympic schedule, meaning women will start with technical races before switching venues with the men.
"That's just disappointing, because I have to manage the schedule differently," said overall World Cup leader Lindsey Vonn, adding the change might prompt her to skip the technical events.
"I have to see if the GS is first or the slalom first and if there's enough time in between. It might be more beneficial to train and come in to Korea a week later. I don't know. But that's going to play a fairly big tactical role."
Downhill World Cup leader Aksel Lund Svindal will miss the test after a season-ending right knee injury last month at Kitzbuehel in Austria. Also absent is defending downhill gold medallist Matthias Mayer, who broke two vertebrae in December in a crash.
