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Saalbach Hinterglemm Returns to the Alpine Ski World Cup Next Season

  • Writer: Raúl Revuelta
    Raúl Revuelta
  • May 7
  • 2 min read
Saalbach Hinterglemm Returns to the Alpine Ski World Cup Next Season
Saalbach Hinterglemm. FIS Alpine Ski World Championships 2025. Picture: © saalbach.com

Saalbach Hinterglemm, the venue of the FIS Alpine Ski World Championships 2025, will once again be part of the World Cup in the 2026-2027 winter season. On February 27 and 28, 2027, a Men’s Downhill and a Super-G are scheduled.

At a press conference of the Austrian Ski Federation on May 7, 2026, it was confirmed that the Zwölferkogel will once again become the stage for international ski racing in 2027.


Saalbach-Hinterglemm is one of the regular venues for the Alpine Skiing World Cup. The ski resort had its premiere at the World Cup on December 19, 1972, with the celebration of a Women's Downhill event won by Austrian skier Annemarie Moser-Pröll.

From January 22nd to February 3rd,1991, Saalbach Hinterglemm hosted the 31st Alpine World Ski Championships.

The 48th Alpine World Ski Championships were hosted in Saalbach from February 4th to 16th, 2025. After the Olympic Winter Games, this is the most important event in the world of skiing. The Alpine World Ski Championships bring together in one place the best skiers in all disciplines, male and female, for two weeks.

It was the 10th time Austria has hosted the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, including those which were shared with the Olympic Winter Games.

The Zwölferkogel in Hinterglemm will be the venue for the races, providing optimal conditions for the athletes and the entire production team.


Saalbach Hinterglemm Returns to the Alpine Ski World Cup Next Season
Zwölferkogel, Saalbach-Hinterglemm. Picture: © saalbach.com, Christian Wöckinger

The Skicircus Saalbach Hinterglemm Leogang Fieberbrunn


Three ski resorts and 1 Ski Area which cover two Austrian states: Salzburg and Tirol.

The Skicircus Saalbach Hinterglemm Leogang Fieberbrunn, with its 270 kilometers of slopes, 70 ski lifts, and more than 60 mountain huts, is one of the largest ski areas in Austria.

With the addition of Fieberbrunn, in the neighboring region of Tyrol, the Skicircus has become a true mecca for freeride with miles of ski routes in the stunning scenery of the Kitzbühel Alps.

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