This is what the 2025/26 Ski World Cup season looks like

38 World Cup races are planned for men's skiers next winter. There's no balance between speed and technical races, but a popular speed weekend is returning to the racing calendar.

09 May 2025

From: cst

The International Ski Federation (FIS) held its most recent meeting not in a winter sports resort, but in Vilamoura, Portugal. The outcome was the provisional race calendar for the upcoming men's ski season.

The biggest change is Courchevel's return to the World Cup calendar. The venue of the 2023 Alpine Ski World Championships will host a downhill and a super-G on March 14 and 15, 2026. The slope, known as "L'Eclypse," was very popular with athletes back then, which is why it has now been included in the World Cup calendar. Overall, there will be slightly more technical races in the 2025/26 season. There will be eight downhills and ten super-Gs, along with 8 slaloms and nine giant slaloms.

Who will replace the Stelvio races?

What's still up in the air, however, is where the races will take place shortly before the turn of the year. Because the legendary Stelvio in Bormio will be hosting the Olympic Games, it's been removed from the World Cup calendar. Where the races will take place instead hasn't been determined yet. There are loose rumors about Santa Caterina and Cortina d'Ampezzo, but that's far from set in stone.

The giant slalom in Alta Badia is one of the classic events in the Ski World Cup. © APA/afp / MARCO BERTORELLO

The World Cup stops in South Tyrol a week earlier. From December 19 to 22, the Super-G, Downhill, Giant Slalom, and Slalom will take place as usual in Val Gardena and Alta Badia. The last World Cup race before the Olympic Games in February will take place in Crans Montana (a Super-G on January 31).

Classics remain untouched

There are no postponements for the classic races in Adelboden (January 10 and 11), Wengen (January 16 to 18), Kitzbühel (January 23 and 25), and Schladming (January 27 and 28). The Planai will again host the Slalom Night Race and a Giant Slalom next winter. The World Cup finals will take place from March 21 to 25 in Lillehammer, Norway.

The World Cup opening in Sölden in October also remains untouched. However, there will only be one overseas trip next winter – in November and December. The much-criticized second trip to the USA in the spring has been canceled.

Men's World Cup calendar: 2025/26 ski season

October 26: Sölden (Giant Slalom)
November 16: Levi (Slalom)
November 22: Gurgl (slalom)
November 27 and 28: Copper Mountain (Super-G and Giant Slalom)
December 5-7: Beaver Creek (Downhill, Super-G and Giant Slalom)
December 13 and 14: Val d'Isere (Giant Slalom and Slalom)
December 19 and 20: Val Gardena (Super-G and Downhill)
December 21 and 22: Alta Badia (Giant Slalom and Slalom)
December 28 and 29: Location still to be determined (Downhill and Super-G)
January 7th: Madonna di Campiglio (slalom)
January 10 and 11: Adelboden (Giant Slalom and Slalom)
January 16 to 18: Wengen (Super-G, Downhill and Slalom)
January 23 to 25: Kitzbühel (Super-G, Downhill and Slalom)
January 27 and 28: Schladming (slalom and giant slalom)
January 31st: Crans Montana (Super-G)
February 28 and March 1: Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Downhill and Super-G)
March 7 and 8: Kranjska Gora (Giant Slalom and Slalom)
March 14 and 15: Courchevel (Downhill and Super-G)
March 21 to 25: World Cup Final Lillehammer