Stunning venue ready for liftoff

The 2022 Winter Olympics' Big Air snowboard and ski slope is officially ready for liftoff, with the facility's visually stunning location on the site of a former steel mill certain to wow the world.

Built at Shougang Industrial Park, the 164-meter-long, 64-meter-high ramp, the first permanent construction of its kind in China, was completed on Oct 31, according to Beijing's municipal regulatory body.

The completion of the ramp, where four gold medals will be up for grabs at the Games, marks a major step in the transformation of the former steel plant into a 2022 venue.