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12-624: This is the world's second oldest alpine skiing competition after Lauberhorn , with the second most esteemed ski trophy after the Lauberhorn race. In first six years, before the competition moved to the current location, it was held in five different slopes: Fleckalm, Stickelberg, Pengelstein, Ehrenbachhöhe and Hahnenkamm. Since 1937, the competition has been held on Streif and Ganslernhang , both famous downhill and slalom slopes, next to each other on Hahnenkamm in Kitzbühel Alps . In 2017,

24-619: A half minutes (about 30–45 seconds longer than standard downhill races); top speeds approach 160 km/h (100 mph) on its Haneggschuss , the highest speeds on the World Cup circuit. The Lauberhorn downhill run is surrounded by the Eiger , Mönch , and Jungfrau above the Lauterbrunnen valley. It is known for run arrangements such as the Hundschopf , a signature 40 m (130 ft) jump over

36-611: A rock nose, the Kernen -S (passing over a bridge at around 80 km/h (50 mph) and the Wasserstation tunnel (underpassing the viaduct of the Wengernalpbahn ). Races are held on two famous courses " Lauberhorn " (downhill) and " Männlichen / Jungfrau " (slalom). Many of the named portions of the course are due to historic falls or crashes by racers. The best known sections of the Lauberhorn downhill, or Lauberhornrennen , race are

48-870: The combined competition was abolished, and now everyone who wins one of the Hahnenkamm races is a Hahnenkamm winner. There are now three races, first the Kitzbühel Downhill on Friday followed by the traditional races on the weekend—Saturday's race the Hahnenkamm Downhill and Sunday's race the Hahnenkamm Slalom. Combined winner was also Hanhenkamm trophy champion. Regular, rescheduled or replaced races that didn't count for classic Hahnenkamm. Lauberhorn ski races The Lauberhorn ski races (Lauberhorn World Cup alpine ski races ( German : Lauberhornrennen ) ( downhill , slalom , and combined ) are among

60-524: The following (in descending order): One of the first reports of skiing from the Lauberhorn to Wengen was in 1912 when the Roberts of Candahar Ski Challenge Cup was offered. By 1927 it was just known as the Lauberhorn Ski Cup. It is one of the oldest continuously-held ski races. The Russisprung was originally built in the spring for a television show and was incorporated into the course by organizers

72-490: The following year. The Minsch-Kante is where Josef Minsch fell in 1965 and was hospitalized for weeks. The Canadian Corner is named after two of the Crazy Canucks , Dave Irwin and Ken Read , who aggressively attacked this part of the course in 1976 and subsequently fell during the race. The Kernen-S was renamed for 2003 winner Bruno Kernen after his crash in 2006 at the former Brüggli-S . The Silberhornsprung

84-473: The gates were moved upwards and more to the left. Snowmaking was added in the mid-1990s, and the combined race has been a run as a "super combined" since the World Cup debut of the format at Wengen in 2005 . The super-combi consists of a shortened downhill and with a slalom run, both on the same day, instead of three runs (one downhill and two slalom) of the traditional combined. On the World Cup circuit,

96-622: The highest-attended winter sports events in the world, attracting around 30,000 spectators each year. An established attraction is the airshow by the Patrouille Suisse , the aerobatic demonstration team of the Swiss Air Force . The 2016 races were held 15–17 January ( super-combined , downhill, and slalom). The races in Wengen in the Bernese Oberland are held in mid-January, usually

108-549: The traditional combined is usually not run as separate races, but determined "on paper" from the results of the primary downhill and slalom races, which are run on separate days. (The Olympics and world championships are the exceptions, holding separate races for the combined.) At the Winter Olympics, the super-combined format replaced the traditional combined at the 2010 Winter Games . Source: Josef Minsch Josef "Jos" Minsch (June 23, 1941 – June 7, 2008)

120-695: The week prior to the Hahnenkamm , in Kitzbühel , Austria, another classic downhill race run since the early 1930s. The Lauberhorn is a mountain in the Bernese Alps of Switzerland , located between Wengen and Grindelwald , north of the Kleine Scheidegg . Its summit is at an elevation of 2,472 m (8,110 ft) above sea level . The downhill course is the longest in the world; its length of over 4.4 km (2.7 mi) results in run times of two and

132-503: Was introduced in 2003 with the pyramid-shaped Silberhorn mountain in the background for television viewers. The Österreicherloch (Austrian hole) got its name in 1954 when almost all participating Austrian skiers (including Toni Sailer ) fell there; 1960s Austrian great Karl Schranz later fell there as well. In 1991 , a tragic death occurred during training for the race at the Ziel-S (Finish-S). The young Austrian skier Gernot Reinstadler

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144-472: Was not able to finish the S-curve properly and therefore jumped into the slope boundary (because he was too far to the right), where he hooked one ski in the security net and suffered severe injuries to the lower body. He died shortly after the accident from internal bleeding. The race was not held that year. In reaction to this tragic event, the slope boundary at that place was also equipped with rejection canvas and

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