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Levi Slalom World Cup Opening Pre-Race Analysis

Nov 18, 20203 min read

Levi Slalom World Cup Opening Pre-Race Analysis

In 2004, the first Alpine World Cup race took place in Levi, a premiere on Finnish soil. Since then, the slalom competitions in the...

Levi To Host Slalom World Cup Opening This Weekend

Raúl Revuelta

Nov 16, 20203 min read

Levi To Host Slalom World Cup Opening This Weekend

The Audi FIS Alpine World Cup 2020-2021 season returns this coming weekend with the Slalom Opening at Levi (FIN). The World Cup Levi...

Lucas Braathen Takes First World Cup Victory in Sölden

Raúl Revuelta

Oct 17, 20202 min read

Lucas Braathen Takes First World Cup Victory in Sölden

20-year-old Norewain sensation Lucas Braathen stole the show at today’s Audi FIS World Cup 2020-2021 opening race in Soelden as he edged...

Marta Bassino Wins World Cup Opening GS in Sölden

Raúl Revuelta

Oct 16, 20202 min read

Marta Bassino Wins World Cup Opening GS in Sölden

Marta Bassino (ITA) achieved today in the World cup women’s season opener in Soelden (AUT) her second career World Cup victory (her...

World Cup Racecourse (Rettenbach Glacier, Sölden)

Raúl Revuelta

Oct 13, 20202 min read

World Cup Racecourse (Rettenbach Glacier, Sölden)

In three days the Giant Slalom World Cup Races in Sölden will remind us that a new winter season is just around the corner. Sölden is a...

Raúl Revuelta

Oct 11, 20202 min read

Calendar Freeride World Tour 2021

The Freeride World Tour is back for another action-packed season! 5 stops across 3 continents, all culminating in the legendary face of...

Calendar Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup 2020-2021 (Update 4 October)

Raúl Revuelta

Oct 4, 20202 min read

Calendar Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup 2020-2021 (Update 4 October)

On Friday, October 2nd, during the Online Meeting of the Alpine Committee the proposals for the Men’s and Women’s 2020-2021 World Cup...

Saalbach awarded 2025 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships

Raúl Revuelta

Oct 2, 20203 min read

Saalbach awarded 2025 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships

The FIS Council decided on the 3rd October to select Austria and Saalbach Hinterglemm as the venue for the Alpine Ski World Championships...

The Alpine Ski World Cup Kicks Off in Sölden in 15 Days

Raúl Revuelta

Oct 1, 20202 min read

The Alpine Ski World Cup Kicks Off in Sölden in 15 Days

The upcoming Alpine Ski World Cup season will start earlier than planned. The 2020-2021 Audi FIS Ski World Cup season is just around the...

Raúl Revuelta

Sep 27, 20201 min read

Where To Ski In The Alps In October?

Austria is the leading country for October skiing with the Hintertux, Pitztal, Sölden, and the Kaunertal glaciers in Tirol already open....

Raúl Revuelta

Sep 21, 20202 min read

Ski Season is Just Around the Corner!!!

“Research is showing that being outside in a mountain environment can boost our immune systems as well as our mental health and...

Changes to the World Cup Calendar Announced

Raúl Revuelta

Sep 15, 20202 min read

Changes to the World Cup Calendar Announced

The FIS Alpine World Cup preparation meeting in advance of the Technical Committees at the end of the month took place on Wednesday as a...

FIS Cancels North American Alpine World Cup Races

Raúl Revuelta

Aug 19, 20203 min read

FIS Cancels North American Alpine World Cup Races

The International Federation of Skiing (FIS) announced that the North American races of the Audi FIS Alpine World Cup have been canceled...

Calendar Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup 2020-2021

Raúl Revuelta

Jun 19, 20202 min read

Calendar Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup 2020-2021

This is the calendar for the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup 2020-2021. Sölden (AUT) October 17th Giant Slalom / Ladies October 18th Giant...

Walking in Tirol.
COVID-19 Times in the Heart of the Alps.

Raúl Revuelta

May 27, 20203 min read

Walking in Tirol. COVID-19 Times in the Heart of the Alps.

“Here I have finally found a place of quiet, a place of peace, the like of which I could have only wished for”, wrote Johann Wolfgang von...

4545: Grenadiers. A look inside the work of Saas-Fee Ski Patrol

Raúl Revuelta

May 21, 20201 min read

4545: Grenadiers. A look inside the work of Saas-Fee Ski Patrol

4545 is the official destination magazine of Saas-Fee/Saastal. Last year, the Saas Valley Tourist Office and each of the four Saastal...

COVID-19 and Ski Resorts (V). Lessons from Mad Men

Raúl Revuelta

Apr 15, 20203 min read

COVID-19 and Ski Resorts (V). Lessons from Mad Men

In my marketing classes at university, my students really like it when I use videos from TV-shows (from South Park to Yes Minister) as...

COVID-19 and Ski Resorts (IV). The Road to Recovery

Raúl Revuelta

Apr 8, 20205 min read

COVID-19 and Ski Resorts (IV). The Road to Recovery

The 2020 outbreak of COVID-19 has produced the longest shutdown of tourism on record (and we don't know how long it will last). The...

COVID-19 and Ski Resorts (III). Riding Uncharted Mountains

Raúl Revuelta

Mar 31, 20203 min read

COVID-19 and Ski Resorts (III). Riding Uncharted Mountains

"A crisis can bring out the best - and worst - in a person, a country, or an organization", Terry O'Reilly COVID-19 is the most...

Covid-19 and its aftermath in a ski town

Patrick Gasser

Mar 29, 20206 min read

Covid-19 and its aftermath in a ski town

Suddenly, it was all over: On March 13th the ski season in Saas-Fee ended. Five weeks too early. Hundreds of seasonal workers lost their...