Kälberloch

Kälberloch is a women's World Cup dowhnill ski course, on Gamskogel (Radstadt Tauern) mountain in Zauchensee, Altenmarkt im Pongau, Austria, debuted in 1990.[1][2][3]

Kälberloch

extra steep start with 70% fall (in the back)
Place: Zauchensee, Altenmarkt
Mountain:Gamskogel (Radstadt Tauern)
Opened:1990
Downhill
Start:2,176 m (7,139 ft) (AA)
Finish:1,380 m (4,528 ft)
Vertical drop:   796 m (2,612 ft)
Length:3,005 m (9,859 ft)
Level: expert
Max. incline:   35° degrees (70%)
Avr. incline:14.8° degrees (26.5%)
Most wins: Lindsey Vonn (4x)

It is considered as the most demanding course in the women's circuit. It hosted 2001–02 season final speed events, and technical on the "Griessenkar" course.

Start fall is so steep (70%) it is impossible to walk uphill, the only access to the start at ridge overhang with bearly any space, is steep cog railway.

World Cup

Women
Location in the Austria
Location in the Alps
Lindsey Vonn (USA)
won record 4 downhills
No. Type Season Date Winner Second Third
647DH19918 December 1990   Katharina Gutensohn Petra Kronberger Kerrin Lee
648SG9 December 1990   Petra Kronberger Sigrid Wolf Anita Wachter
750SL19949 January 1994   Vreni Schneider Pernilla Wiberg Beatrice Filliol
888DH199818 January 1998   Renate Götschl Katja Seizinger Alexandra Meissnitzer
889SG18 January 1998   Martina Ertl   Heidi Zurbriggen Mélanie Suchet
956DH200015 January 2000      Corinne Rey-Bellet Regina Häusl Martina Ertl
957SG16 January 2000   Renate Götschl Tanja Schneider Regina Häusl
1041DH20026 March 2002   Michaela Dorfmeister Caroline Lalive Mélanie Suchet
1042SG7 March 2002   Michaela Dorfmeister Alexandra Meissnitzer Hilde Gerg
1120SG200511 December 2004   Alexandra Meissnitzer Lucia Recchia Tina Maze
1121SL12 December 2004   Tanja Poutiainen Marlies Schild Janica Kostelić
DH200712 January 2007   downhill recheduled on 13 January 2007
SC13 January 2007   super combined recheduled on 14 January 2007
1198DH13 January 2007   Renate Götschl Dominique Gisin Julia Mancuso
1199SC14 January 2007   Julia Mancuso Lindsey Kildow Marlies Schild
1267SC200917 January 2009   Lindsey Vonn Kathrin Zettel Anja Pärson
1268DH18 January 2009      Dominique Gisin
Anja Pärson		 Lindsey Vonn
1333DH20118 January 2011   Lindsey Vonn Anja Pärson Anna Fenninger
1334SG9 January 2011   Lara Gut Lindsey Vonn Dominique Gisin
1439DH201411 January 2014   Elisabeth Görgl Anna Fenninger Maria Höfl-Riesch
1340SC9 January 2011   Marie-Michèle Gagnon Michaela Kirchgasser Maria Höfl-Riesch
1502DH20169 January 2016   Lindsey Vonn Larisa Yurkiw Cornelia Hütter
1503SG10 January 2016   Lindsey Vonn   Lara Gut Cornelia Hütter
DH201714 January 2017   postponed to following day on 15 January 2017
1546DH15 January 2017   Christine Scheyer Tina Weirather Jacqueline Wiles
AC15 January 2017   postponed over DH switch; replaced in Crans-Montana on 24 February 2017[4]
1650DH202011 January 2020      Corinne Suter Nicol Delago   Michelle Gisin
1651AC12 January 2020   Federica Brignone   Wendy Holdener Marta Bassino
1718DH202215 January 2022      Lara Gut-Behrami Kira Weidle Ramona Siebenhofer
1719SG16 January 2022   Federica Brignone   Corinne Suter Ariane Rädler

Men
No. Type Season Date Winner Second Third
1109DH20026 March 2002   Stephan Eberharter Ambrosi Hoffmann Hannes Trinkl
1110SG7 March 2002   Didier Cuche Fritz Strobl Alessandro Fattori

Course sections
  • Startschuss, Gamsfeld, Schikane, Hot Air, Jägersprung, Kälberloch, Wasserschloss, Kompression, Panoramakurve, Unterbergweg, Lecherneck, Schmalzleiten, Tischboden, Ziel Sprung

References
  1. "Weltcup kommt alle zwei Jahre nach Zauchensee" (in German). meinbezirk.at. 10 January 2019.
  2. "Skiweltcup-Woche in Flachau und Altenmarkt/Zauchensee" (in German). antennesalzburg.oe24.at. 21 December 2021.
  3. "Official course name" (PDF). International Ski Federation. 13 January 2022.
  4. "Women's Combined, Zauchensee, Switzerland". Int'l Ski Federation. 15 January 2017.

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