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Giant slalom (GS) is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding competitive discipline. ... The vertical drop for a GS course must be 250–450 m (820–1,480 ft) for ...
The course has hosted the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup since 2016, replacing Aspen, Colorado, as the early season U.S. venue for women's slalom and giant slalom events. [1] This was the first World Cup event in the northeast since 1991 at Waterville Valley, New Hampshire; and the first in Vermont since 1978 at Stratton Mountain. [2]
Vertical drop: 180 m ... On 4 March 1961, giant slalom with only one run, was held as Vitranc Cup premiere event. Start was at the top of the Vitranc mountain (1,552 ...
In November 2018, weather forced a lower start at 11,158 ft (3,401 m), reducing the course length to 1.286 miles (2.070 km) with a vertical drop of 2,201 ft (671 m). With the flat section of the top eliminated, the winning time of 1:13.59 by Beat Feuz yielded an average speed of 62.9 mph (101.2 km/h) and an average vertical descent of 29.9 feet ...
The races start at an elevation of 3,040 metres (9,974 ft) above the Adriatic and finish at 2,670 m (8,760 ft), yielding a vertical drop of 370 m (1,214 ft). This slope is widely regarded as the most difficult giant slalom on the women's circuit, with a maximum gradient of 68.2 percent (34.3 degrees) at "Eisfall". [1]
Gran Risa is a World Cup giant slalom ski course in Italy at Alta Badia.On Piz La Ila mountain in the Dolomites, it hosted its first World Cup event in 1985.. This slope is considered one of the top three most demanding and most prestigious giant slalom courses on the World Cup circuit, along with Kranjska Gora (SLO) and Adelboden (SUI).
Vertical drop: 959 m (3,146 ... (32.1%) incline it is the world's steepest giant slalom course in average gradient, with no flat sections, only steepness the whole time.
In the early days of the World Cup, there was basically only one giant slalom, initially on two days (Monday 1st run / Tuesday 2nd run) and then both runs on Tuesday. In 1967, giant slalom joined already in the premiere World Cup season and in 2000 slalom joined the competition after decades of break. Since 1982 competition is being live broadcast.