TOOELE, Utah (AP)—Members of the U.S. men’s Alpine team don’t need snow to train in the offseason.

They are doing just about everything to keep their skills sharp, and build a little team unity before heading to New Zealand next month.

In June they bicycled in California from Napa Valley to the Pacific Coast and back. More recently, they were flipping tires and swinging sledgehammers, playing rugby and riding high-speed go-karts in the desert southwest of the Great Salt Lake.

While many of the activities test their conditioning, the go-karts at Miller Motorsports Park offer an opportunity to hone technical skills. It helps that their speed coach is a former professional motorcycle racer who believes lessons learned on the track transfer to the ski hill.