HOW STEEP?

RACING LINE
The fastest ways down the slope
Carved turn Direct line
Wider arc but rider Shorter route but skis
Downhill start 47% maintains speed must be “steered” into
47% turn, losing momentum
Max. gradient
Double Trouble
Pair of rolling bumps taken
head on for max acceleration

Toilet Bowl
28%
Average
Narrow U-bend taken low

Super-G Weasel
start Steep 45-degree pitch
Edging may Ski tail follows
be needed on same path as tip
steep sharp
turns
Coaches Corner
Giant Slalom start Halfway point, from the
fastest straight (80mph) EVENTS
into a right-hand turn
Slalom start Downhill
The aim is simply to get
down the hill in the
Downhill Hot Air fastest time, normally
Spectacular jump around two minutes.
before the To achieve speeds of
Super-G 80mph, skis are straight
finish straight
and long
Giant Slalom

Vertical drop Slalom Slalom

A more technical
Finish FINISH discipline: skiers must
execute multiple
changes of direction
853m 615m 400m 205m
through a series of
around 60 gates

COURSE LENGTH
Downhill, Super-combined downhill 3,158m
Super-G 2,278m
Giant Slalom 1,509m
Slalom, Super-combined slalom 610m