Stelvio slope

Stelvio: the history of a legendary slope

The Stelvio slope is considered to be one of the most technical and spectacular slope all over the world.

It was inaugurated in 1982 for the first edition of the World Series. The course hosted two editions of the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships: in 1985 and exactly twenty years later, in 2005. It also hosted two World Cup Finals, in 1995 and 2008. From 1993 the Stelvio has yearly hosted the World Cup Downhill Men.

Alongside the Streif of Kitzbuhel, the Stelvio is by unanimous opinion the most spectacular and technically difficult course all over the world. Champions of the calibre of Luc Alphand, Stephan Eberharter, Johann Grugger, Lasse Kjus, Hermann Maier, Daron Rahlves, Andreas Schifferer, Hannes Trinkl, Fritz Stobl, Bode Miller and Michael Walchhofer have triumphed on the “Stelvio”. “Our” Alberto Tomba won once on the Stelvio on a GS course during the World Cup Finals in 1995.

From the Ski World Cup to the 2026 Winter Olympics

In 2025, Bormio will not host the classic men's Alpine Skiing World Cup races (downhill and super-G).

The Stelvio slope in Bormio will, however, host the men's Alpine Skiing and Ski Mountaineering competitions at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics.

The Alpine Skiing events will consist of five different disciplines:

  • speed: the downhill and super-G
  • technical: the slalom, the giant slalom
  • and mixed: the Alpine Combined (a mix of speed and technique).

For Ski Mountaineering, Bormio will award three medals for this new discipline: the sprint events (men's and women's) and the mixed relay.

The Stelvio slope in Bormio will once again be a protagonist in the Alpine Ski World Cup in the 2026, 2027, 2028, and 2029 seasons.

The races on the Stelvio at the 2026 Winter Olympics

7/02
Men's Downhill
9/02
Team Combined
11/02
Men's Super-G
14/02
Men's Giant Slalom
16/02
Men's Slalom
19/02
Ski Mountaineering Sprint (m/w)
21/02
Ski Mountaineering Mixed Relay

For further information about the schedule, hours, live tv and results go to the official website milanocortina2026.olympics.com

The Stelvio slope: the World Cup course

3.250m
Length
1.010m
Vertical drop
2.255m
Altitude start
1.245m
Altitude finish

The Stelvio is almost 3,230 meters long with a 986-meter vertical drop and a maximum gradient of 60%. It is a notoriously unforgiving track.
The start is breathtaking. Two really fast turns lead immediately to the Rocca jump.

Then it’s straight into the Canalino Sertorelli, where the skiers gather speed. Then, once past the Fontana Lunga turn, the skiers meet the insidious Ermellini turns, which lead them to the Carcentina diagonal, one of the most spectacular parts of the course.

Just a few seconds to catch their breath and from the Ciuk, they hit the fastest part of the course, the San Pietro jump, which opens up like an chasm under their skis. After the flat stretch they are into the woods where the course is on a counterslope, with big, fast and demanding turns that leave no room for error. Competitors reach more than 100 km/h as they approach the last jump and then fly under the finish banner.

Barely two thrilling minutes of pure adrenaline.

Stelvio: thrilling since 1985

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