"Healthy balance" of speed and technical events for 2026/27 Alpine World Cup calendar

The Alpine Ski World Cup sub-committee convened on Thursday 7 May at the FIS Spring Meetings in Portorož (SLO).

The main topic for discussion was the presentation of the 2026/27 calendars for the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup - with 43 men’s races across 21 venues, and 40 women’s races across 20 resorts. Key to its make-up was the aim of producing a schedule balancing speed and technical events.

As has become tradition, both series begin with the Giant Slalom at Sölden (AUT) followed by Slaloms at Levi (FIN) and Gurgl (AUT). The tours then diverge with the men going to Copper Mountain (USA) for a Super G and Giant Slalom. Meanwhile, the women return to Killington (USA) for a Giant Slalom and Slalom after a year absence due to upgrades to snow-making systems and chairlift infrastructure.

The men stay in the United States for two Downhills, a Super G and a Giant Slalom at Beaver Creek, as the women go to Canada for the Tremblant Giant Slalom double-header. While the men then head to Europe for two Slaloms at Val d’Isere (FRA), the women stay in North America to contest two Downhills and a Super-G at Beaver Creek. In the 2024/25 season, the women raced the iconic Birds of Prey course for the first and only time two years ago with Cornelia Huetter (AUT) emerging victorious in Downhill and Sofia Goggia (ITA) taking the Super G.

The following weekend will see St. Moritz (SUI) host two women's Super Gs and a Giant Slalom.

Just before Christmas, Alta Badia (ITA) hosts the men for a first night Slalom following the installation of floodlights. Fellow Italian resorts Bormio (men) and Cortina (women) return to the World Cup calendar having been Olympic venues last season.

Between Christmas and New Year, Gosau (AUT) will stage its maiden World Cup races - a Giant Slalom and Slalom - as it replaces Lienz (AUT) on the women’s schedule. An additional night Giant Slalom will be staged for the women at Flachau (AUT) after new floodlights were installed.

Jasná (SVK) and Garmisch-Partenkirchen (GER) return to the women’s calendar, with the latter hosting two Downhills that were switched from Lenzerheide (SUI) which has limitations on the upper section of the course. Lenzerheide will still, however, stage two Super Gs on the previous weekend, February 20-21.

Soldeu (AND) replaces Åre (SWE) on the women’s side with technical races in early March. The Swedish venue has been added to the men’s calendar late in the season with 2025 World Championship host Saalbach (AUT) back on the schedule for two speed races in late February.

Narvik (NOR) is currently on the women’s calendar for the week before the World Cup Finals, but infrastructure work remains ongoing and contingency options remain under consideration as the venue undergoes extensive preparations for the 2029 World Championships. Discussions also continue regarding athlete transport and scheduling between Narvik and the World Cup Finals in Sun Valley (USA), the venue that also concluded the 2024/25 season.

Two stops on the women’s tour remain ‘to be determined’: a midweek Slalom just before Christmas in France, and a speed double-header on January 9-10. The former will be held at either Méribel or Courchevel, but both are still pending. These and all components of the provisional schedule are subject to FIS Council approval.

Click here to view the draft 2026/27 Alpine Ski World Cup calendars