Alpine Ski World Cup Races in Soldeu El Tarter Preview
- Raúl Revuelta
- Feb 21
- 3 min read
Updated: 5 days ago
The skiing domain of Grandvalira Andorra, where the ski area of Soldeu El Tarter is located, has hosted several top-level sporting events in recent years, including the Alpine Ski World Cup Finals.
Andorra was the venue for the First Alpine Skiing European Cup in March 1974 at Pas de la Casa. The ski resort hosted the European Cup again the following year. After a few years, in the 1990-1991 winter season, the competition returned to Pas de la Casa to host two Slalom events. Since 2003, Andorra has become a main venue of the European Cup Circuit.
Following the success of the 2012, 2016, and 2024Â Alpine Ski World Cup, the 2019Â and 2023 World Cup Finals, and the 2022Â European Cup Finals, Soldeu El Tarter, the largest ski area in the Pyrenees, returned to the Alpine Ski scene with the hosting of three Women's World Cup races next weekend.
Soldeu (AD)
February 27th Downhill / Women 11:00 CET
February 28th Super-G / Women (replaces cancelled race in Zauchensee) 10:15 CET
March 1st Super-G / Women 10:15 CET
The Àliga racecourse in El Tarter will host the Women’s Downhill and Super-G events. The track held the Women’s and Men's Downhill and Super-G events at the 2023 Finals. Over the years, it has hosted World Cup events in 2016, 2019, and 2023, and will do so again in the upcoming 2026 World Cup.
The finish line is situated in the village of El Tarter, making it accessible for fans to reach on foot and experience the excitement of the competition up close.
Downhill
Start: 2435 m
Finish: 1725 m
Drop: 710 m
Length: 2598 m
Max Gradient: 56%
Min Gradient: 6%
Average Gradient: 28%
Super-G
Start: 2325 m
Finish: 1725 m
Drop: 600 m
Length: 2186 m
Max Gradient: 56%
Min Gradient: 6%
Average Gradient: 28%
Ilka Stuhec won the last World Cup Downhill held in the Àliga racecourse at the 2023 Finals in Soldeu, Andorra. Sofia Goggia finished in second place, 0.51 seconds behind Stuhec. Lara Gut-Behrami finished in third place, 0.81 seconds behind the Slovenian.
Lara Gut-Behrami won the last Super-G of the 2022-2023 winter season at the Finals in Soldeu-El Tarter. Federica Brignone finished in second place, +0.22 behind Gut-Behrami. Ragnhild Mowinckel rounded out the podium, +0.47 seconds behind the Swiss.
Grandvalira is located in the northeast of the Principality of Andorra, in the towns of Encamp and Canillo.
In October 2003, SAETDE and ENSISA's general directorates, operating companies of Pas de la Casa-Grau Roig (founded in 1956, when Francesc Viladomat installed the first ski lift at the top of the Coll Blanc in Pas de la Casa) and Soldeu-El Tarter (founded in 1964), announced an expected merger. The union of the Pas de la Casa-Grau Roig ski resorts led to the creation of the largest station in the Pyrenees and one of the largest in Europe, with 2105 kilometres of slopes, a total of 140 slopes of all levels, and a single ski pass to enjoy the entire ski domain. Since 2011, the ski resort has offered skiers a 9.3 km slope, the longest slope of the Pyrenees.
The ski domain can be accessed from six different areas: Encamp (using the Funicamp), Canillo, El Tarter, Soldeu, Grau Roig, and Pas de la Casa.
Grandvalira Resorts Andorra is the largest, most modern skiable area in the Pyrenees and one of the largest in Europe, with a total of 303 km of slopes. The company manages all the Andorran ski resorts: Ordino ArcalÃs, Pal Arinsal, and Grandvalira.
The inclusion of Ordino ArcalÃs in 2018 and Pal Arinsal in 2022 created a nationwide project whose aim is to further strengthen the presence of Andorra in the skiing world.
With an economic impact of over 420 million euros (2017), Grandvalira Resorts Andorra represents 17% of the gross domestic product of the Principality of Andorra.
The Andorra Pass provides access not only to Grandvalira but also to the Pal Arinsal and Ordino ArcalÃs resorts.