Calendar FIS Alpine Ski World Cup 2026-2027
- Raúl Revuelta
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The Alpine Ski World Cup sub-committee met on Thursday, May 7, during the FIS Spring Meetings in Portorož, Slovenia. The primary discussion focused on presenting the calendars for the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup for 2026-2027.
The FIS Alpine Ski World Cup is the largest annual international Alpine Skiing competition. It is considered the premier Alpine Ski racing competition, along with the Olympic Winter Games and the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships.
The Alpine Ski World Cup was established in 1966 by a group of ski racing enthusiasts, including French journalist Serge Lang and the Alpine Ski team directors Honore Bonnet from France and Bob Beattie from the USA. International Ski Federation president Marc Hodler soon backed the new competition during the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1966 at Portillo, Chile, and it became an official FIS event in 1967.
The inaugural World Cup race, a Slalom, was held on January 5, 1967, in Berchtesgaden (Germany).
The 2026-2027 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup will be the 61st World Cup season in Alpine Skiing for both Men and Women.
The season kicks off on October 24, 2026, in Sölden (Austria), and will conclude on March 25, 2027, at the Finals in Sun Valley (USA).
The 2026-2027 FIS Alpine World Cup season will include 43 races across 21 venues for Men and 40 for Women, across 20 venues.
The highlight of the coming season will be the World Championships in Crans-Montana. The best skiers in the world will compete for the second time on the Haut-Plateau, 40 years after the first one was held in 1987. More recently, the Swiss hosted the 2017 World Championships in St. Moritz. Crans-Montana has organized World Cup and European Cup events almost every year since 2008. The Valais resort also successfully hosted the European Cup finals in 2009 and the Junior World Championships in 2011.
The 49th Alpine World Ski Championships will be held in Crans-Montana from February 1st to 14th, 2027.
The main objective of this year's FIS meeting was to create a fair balance between speed and technical events on the calendar, ensuring equitable competition for the overall Crystal Globe.
Some returns, new venues and, of course, the Classics will be on the Ski Circus next winter.
The races will mainly take place at ski resorts in the European Alps. There will be a stop in North America at the end of November and the beginning of December. Returning to Europe, the Alpine Ski World Cup will visit some of the sport's most iconic venues, including Val Gardena and Alta Badia in Italy, Val d'Isère in France, Adelboden and Wengen in Switzerland, Kitzbühel and Schladming in Austria, and Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Germany. The final events will take place in the USA in March, culminating in the Alpine Ski World Cup Finals in Sun Valley.
As has become tradition, both the Women's and Men's ski tours begin with the Giant Slalom in Sölden, Austria. This is followed by Slalom events in Levi, Finland, and Gurgl, Austria. After these initial races, the tours diverge: the Men head to Copper Mountain, USA, for a Super-G and another Giant Slalom, while the Women return to Killington, USA, to race in a Giant Slalom and Slalom after a year's absence due to upgrades in snow-making systems and chairlift infrastructure.
The Men will remain in the United States, participating in two Downhill races, a Super-G, and a Giant Slalom at Beaver Creek. Meanwhile, the women will travel to Canada for a double-header of Giant Slalom races at Tremblant.
After this, the Men will head to Europe for two Slalom races in Val d'Isère, France, while the women will remain in North America to compete in two Downhills and a Super-G at Beaver Creek. During the 2024-2025 season, the women raced the iconic Birds of Prey course for the first and only time two years ago.
The Women will return then to Europe. St. Moritz (SUI) will host two Women's Super-G events and, for the first time since 2016, a Giant Slalom. Just before Christmas, Alta Badia (ITA) will hold the Men's first Night Slalom, thanks to the installation of new floodlights.
Between Christmas and New Year, Gosau (AUT) will host its first-ever World Cup races, including a Giant Slalom and a Slalom, as it takes the place of Lienz (AUT) on the women's calendar. The Italian resort of Bormio is returning to the World Cup calendar after having served as an Olympic venue last season.
After New Year's Eve, the Men will return to competition in Kranjska Gora. For the Women, a Night Giant Slalom and the traditional Slalom will be held at Flachau (AUT) following the installation of new floodlights.
The venue for a speed double-header on January 9-10 on the women’s tour remains to be determined.
In January 2027, the Adelboden, Wengen, and Kitzbühel Classics make this month one of the most exciting times on the Alpine Ski World Cup calendar. Adelboden, Wengen, and Kitzbühel are the only venues that have been part of the World Cup since its foundation in 1967.
Cortina d'Ampezzo, which was an Olympic venue last season, is returning to the World Cup calendar. Kronplatz will conclude the Italian leg of the World Cup.
Jasná (SVK) and Garmisch-Partenkirchen (GER) are set to return to the women’s calendar. Garmisch-Partenkirchen will host two downhill races that were moved from Lenzerheide (SUI) due to limitations on the upper section of the course. However, Lenzerheide will still hold two Super-G races on the previous weekend, February 20-21.
Soldeu (AND) will replace Ã…re (SWE) for the women's technical races scheduled in early March. Meanwhile, the Swedish venue has been added to the men's calendar later in the season. Additionally, Saalbach (AUT), the host of the 2025 World Championships, will feature two speed races at the end of February.
Narvik (NOR) is currently scheduled to host a women's event the week before the World Cup Finals, but this is still subject to confirmation. Ongoing infrastructure work is being carried out, and contingency options are being considered as the venue prepares for the extensive renovations needed for the 2029 World Championships.
The FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Finals for 2026-2027 will be held again in Sun Valley (USA), a small village in the state of Idaho. The races will take place on the race course "Challenger".
This is the provisional calendar for the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup 2026-2027Â
Sölden (AUT)
October 24th Giant Slalom / Women
October 25th Giant Slalom / Men
November 14th Slalom / Women
November 15th Slalom / Men
November 21st Slalom / Women
November 22nd Slalom / Men
Copper Mountain (USA)
November 28th Super-G / Men
November 29th Giant Slalom / Men
Killington (USA)
November 28th Giant Slalom / Women
November 29th Slalom / Women
Beaver Creek (USA)
December 3rd Downhill / Men
December 4th Downhill / Men
December 5th Super-G / Men
December 6th Giant Slalom / Men
Tremblant (CAN)
December 5th Giant Slalom / Women
December 6th Giant Slalom / Women
Val d'Isere (FRA)
December 12th Giant Slalom / Men
December 13th Slalom / Men
Beaver Creek (USA)
December 11th Downhill / Women
December 12th Downhill / Women
December 13th Super-G / Women
Val Gardena / Groeden (ITA)
December 18th Super-G / Men
December 19th Downhill / Men
St. Moritz (SUI)
December 18th Super-G / Women
December 19th Super-G / Women
December 20th Giant Slaom / Women
Alta Badia (ITA)
December 20th Giant Slalom / Men
December 21st Slalom / Men (Night Event)
TBD (FRA)
December 22nd Slalom / Women
Madonna di Campiglio (ITA)
December 23rd Slalom / Men (Night Event)
Gosau (AUT)
December 28th Giant Slalom / Women
December 29th Slalom / Women
Bormio (ITA)
December 28th Downhill / Men
December 29th Super-G / Men
Kranjska Gora (SLO)
January 2nd Giant Slalom / Men
January 3rd Slalom / Men
Flachau (AUT)
January 4th Giant Slalom / Women (Night Event)
January 5th Slalom / Women (Night Event)
TBD
January 9th Downhill / Women
January 10th Super-G / Women
Adelboden (SUI)
January 9th Giant Slalom / Men
January 10th Slalom / Men
Cortina d'Ampezzo (ITA)
January 15th Downhill / Women
January 16th Downhill / Women
January 17th Super-G / Women
Wengen (SUI)
January 15th Super-G / Men
January 16th Downhill / Men
January 17th Slalom / Men
Kronplatz (ITA)
January 19th Giant Slalom / Women
Jasna (SVK)
January 23rd Giant Slalom / Women
January 24th Slalom / Women
Kitzbühel (AUT)
January 22nd Super-G / Men
January 23rd Downhill / Men
January 24th Slalom / Men
Kranjska Gora (SLO)
January 29th Giant Slalom / Women
January 30th Slalom / Women
Schladming (AUT)
January 26th Giant Slalom / Men (Night Event)
January 27h Slalom / Men (Night Event)
Chamonix (FRA)
January 30th Slalom / Men
Crans Montana (SUI)
FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2027
February 1st to 14th
Garmisch-Partenkirchen  (GER)
February 20th Downhill / Men
February 21st Super-G / Men
Lenzerheide (SUI)
February 20th Super-G / Women
February 21st Super-G / Women
Saalbach (AUT)
February 27th Downhill / Men
February 28th Super-G / Men
Garmisch-Partenkirchen  (GER)
February 27th Downhill / Women
February 28th Downhill / Women
March 6th Downhill / Men
March 7th Super-G / Men
Soldeu (AD)
March 6th Giant Slalom / Women
March 7th Slalom / Women
Narvick TBC (NOR)
March 12th Downhill / Women
March 13th Super-G / Women
Are (SWE)
March 13th Giant Slalom / Men
March 14th Slalom / Men
Sun Valley (USA)
WC FINALS 2027
From 22 to 25 March, the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup 2026-2027 Finals will take place in Sun Valley.
This marks the second time since the World Cup Finals will be held in Sun Valley. The speed events, Downhill and Super-G, will be held on March 20–21, while the technical events, Giant Slalom and Slalom, will take place on March 23, 24, and 25.