Tremblant Alpine Ski World Cup Preview

Mont Tremblant. Picture: Alain Carpentier / Groupemedia.ca

The Women's Alpine Ski World Cup moves this weekend to Tremblant, Canada. The picturesque Canadian ski resort will host two Giant Slalom races.

Tremblant (CAN)

December 6th Giant Slalom / Women 1 Run 11:00 LOC / 17:00 CET - 2 Run 14:15 LOC / 20:15 CET

December 7th Giant Slalom / Women   1 Run 11:00 LOC / 17:00 CET - 2 Run 14:15 LOC / 20:15 CET

FLYING MILE Racecourse

• Altitude at the start: 590 m

• Altitude at the finish line: 270 m

• Vertical drop: 320 m

• Length of race track: 1200 m

• Average gradient: 28%

The course profile is characterised by a consistently low slope throughout, interspersed with various changes in slope and bumps. The initial flat section leads to a short steep wall, followed by a very undulating section that continues up to a few tens of metres from the finish line, which is located at the end of another short wall.

Tremblant hosted the first FIS Alpine Ski World Cup races, a Downhill and a Giant Slalom, on Canadian soil back in 1983.

Mont Tremblant Ski Resort is located in the Laurentian Mountains of Quebec, Canada. Tremblant has consistently been ranked the best ski resort in Eastern North America.

Tremblant is owned by Alterra Mountain Company, the joint venture of affiliates of KSL Capital Partners and Henry Crown and Company, a community of 16 ski resorts, including Steamboat and Winter Park in Colorado; Palisades Tahoe, Mammoth Mountain, June Mountain, Big Bear Mountain Resort and Snow Valley in California; Stratton Mountain and Sugarbush Resort in Vermont; Snowshoe Mountain in West Virginia; Tremblant in Quebec and Blue Mountain in Ontario, Canada; Crystal Mountain in Washington; Schweitzer in Idaho; Deer Valley Resort and Solitude Mountain Resort in Utah, and CMH Heli-Skiing & Summer Adventures.

The races in Tremblant were cancelled last season due to a lack of snow.

On December 2, 2023, Brignone won the first race ahead of Petra Vlhova (+0.21) and Mikaela Shiffrin (+0.29). In 2023, Federica Brignone won the two Giant Slalom events held in the Canadian Ski Resort. Brignone broke a 24-year record to become the oldest Alpine Ski World Cup Giant Slalom winner. 33-year-old Federica Brignone became the oldest woman to win a World Cup Giant Slalom race, surpassing Anita Wachter, who was 32 years and 319 days old when she won in Lienz on 28 December 1999.

The following day, Fedrica Brignone won the second Giant Slalom held in Tremblant. The Italian set the best time in the second run under challenging conditions -low visibility, fog, wind, and snowfall- and catapulted herself from sixth place to the top of the podium to take the victory with a lead of 0.33 seconds over Lara Gut-Behrami. Mikaela Shiffrin rounded out the podium 0.39 seconds behind Brignone.