World Cup Finals Heading to Austria
World Cup Finals Heading to Austria
Published : 08-Dec-2023 08:21
Austria's huge Skicircus Saalbach Hinterglemm Leogang Fieberbrunn ski area will host the Ski World Cup finals on the Zwölferkogel at the culmination of the 23-24 ski racing season on 16-24 March 2024.
With no Olympics or World Championships this winter it'll be the biggest Alpine racing event of the season, coming less than a year before the Austrian resort hosts the FIS Alpine Ski World Championships 2025.
Visitors have a new 8-seater chairlift on the Schattberg to enjoy when visiting Saalbach Hinterglemm, which opened for its 23-24 season last weekend too, replacing the area's Limberg quad chair.
The old quad chairlift has been operating for 29 years and has provided uplift for 15 million skiers and boarders since 1994.
The new lift is one of the fastest in the world, travelling at 6 metres per second, and has one of the biggest uplift capacities at 3,600 people per hour, taking just over four minutes to make the ascent.
Saalbach previously hosted the FIS Alpine Ski World Championships in 1991.
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