Next weekend the first races of the 2025 Alpine Ski World Cup, a Giant Slalom and a Slalom, will be held at Kranjska Gora.
Kranjska Gora is an alpine resort in Slovenia, near the mountains and glacial lakes of Triglav National Park. The Upper Sava Valley, one of the most beautiful Alpine valleys, lies in the north-westernmost part of Slovenia, right next to the tri-border with Austria and Italy.
Kranjska Gora was sometimes an alternate location for Maribor's Golden Fox races. The final move of the Women's World Cup races from Maribor to Kranjska Gora marks not only a change of location but also a symbolic transition into a new era of Women's Alpine Skiing in Slovenia. With the new official name of the Audi FIS Women's Alpine Ski World Cup Kranjska Gora 2025, the Slovenian venue will be firmly anchored in the World Cup calendar.
The Audi FIS Alpine Skiing Women's World Cup Kranjska Gora 2025 will further enhance Slovenia's reputation as a top winter sports destination in the years to come. International visitors to Kranjska Gora will be able to enjoy the beautiful nature of the Julian Alps and the excellent ski infrastructure.
The cable cars and 18 ski slopes are strung along the slopes of the Vitranc Mountain from Kranjska Gora to Planica, at altitudes ranging from 800 m to 1215 m above sea level.
The Podkoren racecourse is due to some blind turning, hanging terrain, and spectacular finish one of the most challenging race slopes in the Women's calendar.
Racecourse facts:
Start Elevation: 1230 m (Giant Slalom) 1035 (Slalom)
Finish Elevation: 850 m (Giant Slalom) 836 (Slalom)
Vertical Drop: 380 m (Giant Slalom) 199 (Slalom)
Max. slope: 59 % (Giant Slalom) 47 % (Slalom)
Min. slope: 18 % (Giant Slalom) 21 % (Slalom)
Kranjska Gora (SLO)
January 4th Giant Slalom / Women 9:30 CET 1st run 12:30 CET 2nd run
January 5th Slalom / Women 10:00 CET 1st run 13:00 CET 2nd run
Last season, Valerie Grenier shone in the First Race of 2024 in Kranjska Gora and achieved her second victory and third podium in the World Cup (twenty days later she added another podium finish in Cortina d'Ampezzo in the Downhill). She sets the best time in the second run to climb to the top of the podium after finishing in fourth position in the first run. In 2023, in the first of the two Giant Slaloms held in Kranjska Gora Grenier claimed her first podium and maiden victory in the World Cup.
Lara Gut-Behrami finished in second position +0.37 seconds behind Grenier. Federica Brignone completed the podium in third position (+0.51).
Last season Petra Vlhova won the Slalom race in Kranjska Gora. Lena Dürr finished in second place +0.72 seconds behind Vlhova. A.J. Hurt completed the podium +0.87 seconds behind the Slovakian skier.
Petra Vlhova is the Slalom Queen of Kranjska Gora. She has won the last three Slalom races held in the Slovenian ski resort in 2020, 2022, and 2024.
Kranjska Gora Winners:
2024 Slalom Petra Vlhova (SVK)
2024 Giant Slalom Valerie Grenier (CAN)
2023 Giant Slalom Mikaela Shiffrin (USA)
2023 Giant Slalom Valerie Grenier (CAN)
2022 Slalom Petra Vlhova (SVK)
2022 Giant Slalom Sara Hector (SWE)
2021 Giant Slalom Marta Bassino (ITA)
2021 Giant Slalom Marta Bassino (ITA)
2020 Slalom Petra Vlhova (SVK)
2020 Giant Slalom Alice Robinson (NZL)
2018 Slalom Mikaela Shiffrin (USA)
2018 Giant Slalom Mikaela Shiffrin (USA)
2014 Slalom Frida Hansdotter (SWE)
2012 Slalom Michaela Kirchgasser (AUT)
2012 Giant Slalom Tessa Worley (FRA)
2007 Slalom Marlies Schild (AUT)
2007 Giant Slalom Nicole Hosp (AUT)
1991 Slalom Petra Kronberger (AUT)
1991 Slalom Natasa Bokal (JUG)
1991 Giant Slalom Vreni Schneider (SUI)
1988 Slalom Mateja Svet (JUG)
1988 Giant Slalom Mateja Svet (JUG)
1983 Slalom Erika Hess (SUI)
1976 Slalom Lise-Marie Morerod (SUI)
1976 Giant Slalom Lise-Marie Morerod (SUI)
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