Mont Lachaux

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

Mont Lachaux
Place: 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 (8,041 ft)
Max. incline:28 degrees (53%)
Min. incline:5.7 degrees (10%)

They hosted the Alpine World Ski Championships in 1987, with Swiss skiers Pirmin Zurbriggen, Maria Walliser, Erika Hess and Peter Müller who took 8 of 10 available gold medals, dominating in front of the home crowd. Other events were held on another two nearby ski courses, "Nationale" and "Chetzeron".[3][4][5][6]

Course

Sections from top to bottom
  • La Face
  • Le Trour de Renard
  • La Traversée de Glavan
  • Le Tobbogan
  • Reck de Vermala

World Championships

Women's events
Event Type Date Gold Silver Bronze
1987KB (SL) 29 January 1987  
30 January 1987  		 Erika Hess Sylvia Eder Tamara McKinney
DH (DH) 1 February 1987   Maria Walliser Michela Figini 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 2013/141 March 2014   fog; replaced in Crans-Montana on 2 March
1447DH2 March 2014   Andrea Fischbacher Anna Fenninger Tina Maze
SC2 March 2014  cancelled; rescheduled with downhill
DH 2015/1613 February 2016   excessive snow: replaced in La Thuile on 19 February 2016
AC14 February 2016  excessive snow forced delay in previous days event
1512SL15 February 2016   Mikaela Shiffrin Nastasia Noens Marie-Michèle Gagnon
1553AC 2016/1724 February 2017   Federica Brignone Ilka Štuhec Michaela Kirchgasser
1554SG25 February 2017   Ilka Štuhec Elena Curtoni Stephanie Venier
1555AC26 February 2017   Mikaela Shiffrin Federica Brignone Ilka Štuhec
1595DH 2017/183 March 2018   Tina Weirather Anna Veith   Wendy Holdener
1596AC4 March 2018   Federica Brignone   Michelle Gisin Petra Vlhová
1629DH 2018/1923 February 2019   Sofia Goggia Nicole Schmidhofer   Corinne Suter
1630AC24 February 2019   Federica Brignone  Roni Remme   Wendy Holdener
1663DH 2019/2021 February 2020      Lara Gut-Behrami   Corinne Suter Stephanie Venier
1664DH22 February 2020     Lara Gut-Behrami   Corinne Suter Nina Ortlieb
1665AC23 February 2020   Federica Brignone Franziska Gritsch Ester Ledecká
1683DH 2020/2122 January 2021   Sofia Goggia Ester Ledecká Breezy Johnson
1684DH23 January 2021   Sofia Goggia   Lara Gut-Behrami Elena Curtoni
1685SG24 January 2021     Lara Gut-Behrami Tamara Tippler Federica Brignone
1725DH 2021/2226 February 2022   Ester Ledecká  Ragnhild Mowinckel Cornelia Hütter
1726DH27 February 2022    Priska Nufer Ester Ledecká Sofia Goggia
DH 2022/2325 February 2023   bad weather; moved to 26 February 2023
1763DH26 February 2023   Sofia Goggia Federica Brignone Laura Gauché
SG26 February 2023  program changes; no replacement
1801DH 2023/2416 February 2024      Lara Gut-Behrami   Jasmine Flury
Cornelia Hütter		–
1802DH17 February 2024   Marta Bassino Federica Brignone   Lara Gut-Behrami
1803SG18 February 2024  

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. "Do naslova z velikim tveganjem..." (in Slovenian). Delo. 3 February 1987. p. 11.
  4. "Že šesto zlato Švicarjem, še drugo Pirminu Zurbriggnu" (in Slovenian). Delo. 5 February 1987. p. 6.
  5. "Samo Mateja Svet enakovredna švicarskim šampionkam" (in Slovenian). Delo. 6 February 1987. p. 8.
  6. "Erika prva, Mateja druga" (in Slovenian). Delo. 9 February 1987. p. 9.

46°19′00″N 7°29′00″E

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