Mont Lachaux

Mont Lachaux
Place: Switzerland Crans-Montana
Downhill
Start: 2,210 m (7,251 ft) (AA)
Finish: 1,545 m (5,069 ft)
Vertical drop:    665 m (2,182 ft)
Length: 2,451 m (1.52 mi)
Max. incline: 28 degrees (53%)
Min. incline: 5.7 degrees (10%)
Super-G
Start: 2,130 m (6,988 ft) (AA)
Finish: 1,560 m (5,118 ft)
Vertical drop:    570 m (1,870 ft)
Length: 1,918 m (1.19 mi)

Mont Lachaux is a World Cup women's speed ski course in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, opened in 1987.[1][2]

They hosted the World Championships in 1987, with Swiss racers Pirmin Zurbriggen, Maria Walliser, Erika Hess, and Peter Müller winning eight of the ten gold medals, dominating in front of the home crowd.

Mont Lachaux is one of three courses of the 1987 World Championships; nearby is "Piste Nationale" men's downhill course and "Chetzeron" is located in Crans village.[3][4][5][6][7][8]

Course

Sections

  • La Face
  • Le Mur De Marius
  • Le Trour de Renard
  • La Traversée de Clavan
  • Le Toboggan
  • Reck de Vermala

World Championships

Mont Lachaux is located in Switzerland
Mont Lachaux
Switzerland

Women's events

Event Type Date Gold Silver Bronze
1987 KB (SL) 29 January 1987  
30 January 1987   		 Switzerland  Erika Hess Austria Sylvia Eder United States Tamara McKinney
DH (DH) 1 February 1987    Switzerland  Maria Walliser  Switzerland  Michela Figini West Germany Regine Mösenlechner
  • The women's World Championships combined slalom was held on "Chetzeron" ski course.

World Cup

Women

No. Type Season Date Winner Second Third
DH 2013/14 1 March 2014   fog; replaced in Crans-Montana on 2 March
1447 DH 2 March 2014   Austria Andrea Fischbacher Austria Anna Fenninger Slovenia Tina Maze
SC 2 March 2014   cancelled; rescheduled with downhill
DH 2015/16 13 February 2016   excessive snow: replaced in La Thuile on 19 February 2016
AC 14 February 2016   excessive snow forced delay in previous days event
1512 SL 15 February 2016   United States Mikaela Shiffrin France Nastasia Noens Canada Marie-Michèle Gagnon
1553 AC 2016/17 24 February 2017   Italy Federica Brignone Slovenia Ilka Štuhec Austria Michaela Kirchgasser
1554 SG 25 February 2017   Slovenia Ilka Štuhec Italy Elena Curtoni Austria Stephanie Venier
1555 AC 26 February 2017   United States Mikaela Shiffrin Italy Federica Brignone Slovenia Ilka Štuhec
1595 DH 2017/18 3 March 2018   Liechtenstein Tina Weirather Austria Anna Veith  Switzerland  Wendy Holdener
1596 AC 4 March 2018   Italy Federica Brignone  Switzerland  Michelle Gisin Slovakia Petra Vlhová
1629 DH 2018/19 23 February 2019   Italy Sofia Goggia Austria Nicole Schmidhofer  Switzerland  Corinne Suter
1630 AC 24 February 2019   Italy Federica Brignone  Canada Roni Remme  Switzerland  Wendy Holdener
1663 DH 2019/20 21 February 2020    Switzerland  Lara Gut-Behrami  Switzerland  Corinne Suter Austria Stephanie Venier
1664 DH 22 February 2020    Switzerland  Lara Gut-Behrami  Switzerland  Corinne Suter Austria Nina Ortlieb
1665 AC 23 February 2020   Italy Federica Brignone Austria Franziska Gritsch Czech Republic Ester Ledecká
1683 DH 2020/21 22 January 2021   Italy Sofia Goggia Czech Republic Ester Ledecká United States Breezy Johnson
1684 DH 23 January 2021   Italy Sofia Goggia  Switzerland  Lara Gut-Behrami Italy Elena Curtoni
1685 SG 24 January 2021    Switzerland  Lara Gut-Behrami Austria Tamara Tippler Italy Federica Brignone
1725 DH 2021/22 26 February 2022   Czech Republic Ester Ledecká Norway  Ragnhild Mowinckel Austria Cornelia Hütter
1726 DH 27 February 2022    Switzerland  Priska Nufer Czech Republic Ester Ledecká Italy Sofia Goggia
DH 2022/23 25 February 2023   bad weather; moved to 26 February 2023
1763 DH 26 February 2023   Italy Sofia Goggia Italy Federica Brignone France Laura Gauché
SG 26 February 2023   program changes; no replacement
1801 DH 2023/24 16 February 2024    Switzerland  Lara Gut-Behrami  Switzerland  Jasmine Flury
Austria Cornelia Hütter
1802 DH 17 February 2024   Italy Marta Bassino Italy Federica Brignone  Switzerland  Lara Gut-Behrami
1803 SG 18 February 2024   Austria Stephanie Venier Italy Federica Brignone Italy Marta Bassino
DH 2025/26 30 January 2026   cancelled after 6 racers due to three severe crashes and bad visibility
1870 SG 31 January 2026    Switzerland  Malorie Blanc Italy Sofia Goggia United States Breezy Johnson

References

  1. ^ "List of World Cup events". International Ski Federation. 16 February 2024.
  2. ^ "The legendary Nationale piste gets a green light from the FIS". cransmontana2027.ch. 26 March 2023.
  3. ^ "Piste Nationale". myswitzerland.com. 2 February 1987.
  4. ^ "Super G neznanka? Tudi naša dvojica" (in Slovenian). Delo. 2 February 1987. p. 9.
  5. ^ "Do naslova z velikim tveganjem..." (in Slovenian). Delo. 3 February 1987. p. 11.
  6. ^ "Že šesto zlato Švicarjem, še drugo Pirminu Zurbriggnu" (in Slovenian). Delo. 5 February 1987. p. 6.
  7. ^ "Samo Mateja Svet enakovredna švicarskim šampionkam" (in Slovenian). Delo. 6 February 1987. p. 8.
  8. ^ "Erika prva, Mateja druga" (in Slovenian). Delo. 9 February 1987. p. 9.

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