30 Days Until the 23/24 FIS Alpine World Cup Season Opener in Sölden, Austria It is time to start getting pumped for the 23/24 Alpine World Cup season: in just 30 days the FIS Alpine tour sets off with a women’s Giant Slalom on October 28, 2023, followed by the men’s Giant Slalom race on October 29, 2023, in Sölden, Austria. Last year, the women’s Giant Slalom event and season opener in Sölden had […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | September 28, 2023 0 Comments
100 Days Until 23/24 Audi FIS World Cup Opening at Zermatt, Switzerland & Cervinia, Italy In just 100 days the Audi FIS World Cup season will kick off with the ‘Speed Opening’ in the ski area Matterhorn Ski Paradise. The opening even will be the first-ever cross-border FIS Alpine World Cup race, starting in Zermatt, Switzerland, and finishing in Cervinia, Italy. The event consists of a men’s Downhill on November 10 and 11, 2023 on the new, specifically designed […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | August 3, 2023 0 Comments
First Ever Cross-Border FIS Alpine World Cup Faces Unexpected Challenge On November 11-12 and November 18-19 this year the first ever cross-border FIS race will take place at Matterhorn Ski Paradise. The race is set to start in Zermatt, Switzerland, and finish in Cervino, Italy. The newly designed race course has been named ‘Gran Becca,’ which means ‘the great peak’ in the local Italian dialect, referencing, of course, the iconic Matterhorn. The […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | July 28, 2023 0 Comments
100 Days Until the 23/24 FIS Alpine World Cup Season Opener in Sölden, Austria Fans of the FIS Alpine World Cup can set their timer: in just 100 days the 23/24 Alpine World Cup season will kick off with a women’s Giant Slalom on October 28, 2023, followed by the men’s Giant Slalom race on October 29, 2023, in Sölden, Austria. Last year, the women’s Giant Slalom event and season opener in Sölden had […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | July 19, 2023 1 Comment
Greenpeace Conducts Own Study to Challenge FIS’ Claims on ‘Climate Positive’ Status Greenpeace published a study in late May this year that called out claims by the International Ski & Snowboard Federation’ FIS’ of being ‘climate positive’ as nothing more than ‘greenwashing.’ The study was conducted by German consultant ‘Mission Zero’ and called into question several of the claims made by FIS in the past months. The key points Greenpeace and the […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | June 16, 2023 1 Comment
Gurgl, Austria, To Host First Ever FIS Alpine World Cup Event New to the Audi FIS Alpine World Cup calendar for 23/24 will be a race at Gurgl, Austria. The Austrian ski resort will host a Men’s Slalom event in what is considered one of the snow-surest ski areas in Europe. The ski area stretches from 5,906ft (1,800m) to 9,941ft (3,030m) in altitude and receives, on average, 187 inches (475cm) of […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | June 5, 2023 0 Comments
Alpine Canada Announces 23/24 Ski Team Last week Alpine Canada announced their nominations for athletes to represent Canada in the 2023/24 season in the disciplines of alpine, ski cross and para-alpine. The final team selection will be officially announced in the fall closer to the start of the World Cup competition season. Alpine Women: Ali Nullmeyer (Toronto, ON/Georgian Peaks Ski Club) Amelia Smart (Invermere, BC/Panorama Ski Club) […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | May 30, 2023 0 Comments
Aspen, CO, To Host 2 Alpine FIS World Cup Events in 23/24 Aspen Snowmass, CO, was successful in its bid to host events for the 23/24 Alpine World Cup season and has been awarded two races by the International Ski & Snowboard Federation ‘FIS’. A delegation from SkiCo, the Aspen mountain operations company, traveled to the FIS working group meetings in Europe in May to throw their weight behind the application to […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | May 29, 2023 0 Comments
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