Altenmarkt-Zauchensee Alpine Ski World Cup Races Preview
- Raúl Revuelta
- Jan 8
- 3 min read
Updated: Jan 9
The Women’s Alpine Ski World Cup Tour moves over to a speed series this upcoming weekend in Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, Austria.
In January 2026, Zauchensee will be the venue for two World Cup races: On January 10th, a Downhill, and on January 11th, the classic Zauchensee Super-G.
January 10th Downhill / Women 11:30 CET
January 11th Super-G / Women 12:00 CET
For over 40 years, Zauchensee has hosted FIS Alpine Ski World Cup races. In 1980, the first World Cup race took place in Zauchensee, then still on the "old" FIS Downhill course, on the Gamskogel-Ostabfahrt. The first Downhill was won by two-time Winter Olympian Jana Soltysova (CZE) in the only World Cup win of her career. She was aged 21 years and 79 days and is still the youngest women’s Downhill winner in Zauchensee.
Since 1990, the races in Zauchensee have been held on the Kälberloch racecourse. In 2002, the Downhill track was extended for the World Cup Finals, and the Men's start was moved up to the Gamskogel. Since 2007, women have also started from the top in the Downhill races. This made the World Cup course in Zauchensee one of the most spectacular and technically demanding Women's Downhill runs in the Alpine Ski World Cup.
Zauchensee has hosted 15 Women’s Downhill races.
The Austrian ski resort has hosted 10 Women’s World Cup Super-G races, most recently in 2024, when two Super-G races were held. The first Super-G in Zauchensee in 1990 was won by Petra Kronberger (AUT), a dual gold medallist at the 1992 Olympic Winter Games.
Start Elevation: 2176 m / 1970 (Super-G)
Finish Elevation: 1380 m
Vertical Drop: 796 m / 590 (Super-G)
Distance: 3005 m / 2150 m (Super-G)
Max. slope: 87 % at the Hundschopf jump
Zauchensee is a ski resort in the Austrian municipality of Altenmarkt im Pongau, in the state of Salzburg. Zauchensee.
The Zauchensee-Flachauwinkl connection to Snow Space Salzburg creates a skiing paradise: 12 peaks, 5 valleys, 70 ultra-modern cable cars, and 210 kilometers of pistes in the heart of Ski amadé, Austria’s greatest skiing domain. Since the winter season 2020-2021, the Panorama Link Gondola links the 3 ski resorts Flachau, Wagrain, and St. Johann - Alpendorf of Snow Space Salzburg, Shuttleberg Flachauwinkl-Kleinarl, and Zauchensee.
Cornelia Hütter won the first of the two Super-G races held in Zauchensee in 2024. She finished ahead of Kajsa Vickhoff Lie (+0.09) and Lara Gut-Behrami (+0.21).
Sofia Goggia won her first Downhill of the 2023-2024 winter in Zauchensee. She finished ahead of Stephanie Venier (+0.10). Mirjam Puchner and Nicol Delago finished in a shared third position, +0.34 seconds behind Goggia.
In 2024, Lara Gut-Behrami won Sunday's Super-G in Zauchensee. She finished ahead of Cornelia Hütter (+0.25) and Mirjam Puchner (+0.26). Gut-Behrami won the Zauchensee Super-G again after 13 years. She celebrated her first victory on the World Cup course on the Gamskogel in January 2011.
Zauchensee Downhill and Super-G Winners:
2024 Super-G Lara Gut-Behrami (SUI)
2024 Downhill Sofia Goggia (ITA)
2024 Super-G Cornelia Hütter (AUT)
2022 Super-G Federica Brignone (ITA)
2022 Downhill Lara Gut-Behrami (SUI)
2020 Downhill Corinne Suter (SUI)
2017 Downhill Christine Scheyer (AUT)
2016 Super-G Lindsey Vonn (USA)
2016 Downhill Lindsey Vonn (USA)
2014 Downhill Elisabeth Goergl (AUT)
2011 Super-G Lara Gut (SUI)
2011 Downhill Lindsey Vonn (USA)
2009 Downhill Dominique Gisin (SUI) / Anja Paerson (SWE)
2007 Downhill Rentae Goetschl (AUT)
2004 Super-G Alexandra Meissnitzer (AUT)
2002 Super-G Michaela Dorfmeister (AUT)
2002 Downhill Michaela Dorfmeister (AUT)
2000 Super-G Rentae Goetschl (AUT)
2000 Downhill Corinne Rey Bellet (SUI)
1998 Downhill Rentae Goetschl (AUT)
1998 Super-G Martina Ertl (GER)
1990 Super-G Petra Kronberger (AUT)
1990 Downhill Katharina Gutensohn (GER)
1988 Downhill Maria Walliser (SUI)
1980 Downhill Jana Soltysova (TZH)
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