Provisional 2025-26 Alpine World Cup Dates Released

The International Ski and Snowboard Federation, FIS, has published its expected 2025-26 Alpine World Cup race calendar.

There are some interesting changes and developments in, what will be, an Olympic season with the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Games.

There will be a pause of World Cup races from February 1st to February 28th for the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Crans-Montana, Switzerland, will host back-to-back World Cup speed races for the women and the men ahead of the Games.

They will take place from January 30th to February 1st – just before the Milano-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games

As is traditions the first races of the season will take place at Soelden, Austria.

The World Cup Finals will held in Lillehammer, Norway.

There are changes though.

The North American events will be in one block in late November/early December, minimising travel across the Atlantic for the teams.

Killington, Vermont, has held the women’s World Cup giant slalom and slalom races over Thanksgiving weekend for the past eight years.

These races will head to Copper Mountain in Colorado, with a men’s World Cup super G and giant slalom this season.

The events will take place November 27th-30th.

The men will have 17 speed events, 10 super-G, and seven downhill races.

Additionally, they will compete in 19 tech events, 11 slaloms, and eight giant slaloms.

Image c/o FIS

Image c/o FIS

The women will have 17 speed events, eight super-G, and nine downhill races.

They will also compete in 21 tech events, 10 slalom, and 11 giant slalom.

Image c/o FIS

Image c/o FIS

 

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