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Ashden includes a pair of 3,050 m x 61 m asphalt runways, enough to handle large cargo operations from transcontinental air freight coming from [[Levantia]] or [[Sarpedon]]. | Ashden includes a pair of 3,050 m x 61 m asphalt runways, enough to handle large cargo operations from transcontinental air freight coming from [[Levantia]] or [[Sarpedon]]. | ||
=== Ashden Garrison === | === Ashden Garrison === | ||
Ashden Garrison is a minor posting for the [[Arcer Army]] and [[Arcer Air Force]]. The Arcer Air Force maintains a helicopter squadron at the Ashden Municipal Airport as part of their tactical helicopter requirements to support the army. The helicopter squadron administratively belongs to Presdale Garrison, however is detached in support of the Army. The Arcer Army maintains two squadrons of light cavalry, provided by the Arcerion Mounted Rifles (AMR), harkening but to their historical linkage to Ashden. These squadrons perform reconnaissance and border stability operations on the shared Arco-Tite border area. The Western Arcerion Rifle Regiment | Ashden Garrison is a minor posting for the [[Arcer Army]] and [[Arcer Air Force]]. The Arcer Air Force maintains a helicopter squadron at the Ashden Municipal Airport as part of their tactical helicopter requirements to support the army. The helicopter squadron administratively belongs to Presdale Garrison, however is detached in support of the Army. The Arcer Army maintains two squadrons of light cavalry, provided by the Arcerion Mounted Rifles (AMR), harkening but to their historical linkage to Ashden. These squadrons perform reconnaissance and border stability operations on the shared Arco-Tite border area. The Western Arcerion Rifle Regiment (WARR) also rotates infantry companies into the mountains for exposure to mountain and long-range patrol operations, currently with 'G' Company, 2nd Battalion garrisoned in Ashden. | ||
The garrison also serves as the satellite facility for the Arcerion Mountain Warfare School, with a small cadre of staff from the Royal Easthampton Borders (REB) remaining in Ashden to practice skiing (cross-country, downhill) and alpine infantry operations, owing to the towns significant and excellent ski hills. | The garrison also serves as the satellite facility for the Arcerion Mountain Warfare School, with a small cadre of staff from the Royal Easthampton Borders (REB) remaining in Ashden to practice skiing (cross-country, downhill) and alpine infantry operations, owing to the towns significant and excellent ski hills. | ||
== Winter Sport == | |||
Ashden has a variety of winter spot facilities that make it the most popular destination in South Crona for skiing, especially for members of Ixnay's elite. The most popular destinations are a pair of ski resorts, the Northumbraeland Ski Resort and the Royal Ashden Ski Resort. Between both resorts there is over eight hundred acres of skiable area, with a top elevation of over 3,500 m, and a total of ninety-six ski runs. | |||
Ashden also has eleven chair lifts, with a dedicated pair of gondola-style lifts that bring skiers to the Royal Ashden, situated ontop of the mountains, both of which run continuously, 24 hours a day, year-round. | |||
On average Ashden sees upwards of 760 cm of snow per year, meaning that the requirement for snowmaking is less than 30% of the total acreage. | |||
A number of professional Arcer Olympians and others from Ixnay use Ashden as a winter training facility for the | |||
== Real Estate Market == | == Real Estate Market == | ||
== Sister Cities == | == Sister Cities == | ||
[[Category:Arcerion]] | [[Category:Arcerion]] | ||