Kälberloch

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 km (1.87 mi)
Level:	Expert
Max. incline:	35 degrees (70%)
Avg. incline:	14.8 degrees (26.5%)
Most wins:	Lindsey Vonn (4x)

Kälberloch is a World Cup downhill ski course in Austria, located on Gamskogel (Radstadt Tauern) mountain in Zauchensee, Altenmarkt im Pongau, Salzburg; it debuted in 1990.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Kälberloch is considered the most demanding course on the women's World Cup circuit; it hosted the season final speed events for men and women in March 2002, with the technical events on the "Griessenkar" course.

The start fall is so steep (70% gradient) it is impossible to walk uphill; the only access to the start at ridge overhang with barely any space, is via a steep cog railway.

World Cup

Women

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Location in Austria

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Location in the Alps

No.	Type	Season	Date	Winner	Second	Third
647	DH	1991	8 December 1990	Katharina Gutensohn	Petra Kronberger	Kerrin Lee
648	SG	1991	9 December 1990	Petra Kronberger	Sigrid Wolf	Anita Wachter
750	SL	1994	9 January 1994	Vreni Schneider	Pernilla Wiberg	Beatrice Filliol
888	DH	1998	18 January 1998	Renate Götschl	Katja Seizinger	Alexandra Meissnitzer
889	SG	1998	18 January 1998	Martina Ertl	Heidi Zurbriggen	Mélanie Suchet
956	DH	2000	15 January 2000	Corinne Rey-Bellet	Regina Häusl	Martina Ertl
957	SG	2000	16 January 2000	Renate Götschl	Tanja Schneider	Regina Häusl
1041	DH	2002	6 March 2002	Michaela Dorfmeister	Caroline Lalive	Mélanie Suchet
1042	SG	2002	7 March 2002	Michaela Dorfmeister	Alexandra Meissnitzer	Hilde Gerg
1120	SG	2005	11 December 2004	Alexandra Meissnitzer	Lucia Recchia	Tina Maze
1121	SL	2005	12 December 2004	Tanja Poutiainen	Marlies Schild	Janica Kostelić
	DH	2007	12 January 2007	downhill rescheduled on 13 January 2007
	SC		13 January 2007	super combined rescheduled on 14 January 2007
1198	DH		13 January 2007	Renate Götschl	Dominique Gisin	Julia Mancuso
1199	SC		14 January 2007	Julia Mancuso	Lindsey Kildow	Marlies Schild
1267	SC	2009	17 January 2009	Lindsey Vonn	Kathrin Zettel	Anja Pärson
1268	DH	2009	18 January 2009	Dominique Gisin Anja Pärson		Lindsey Vonn
1333	DH	2011	8 January 2011	Lindsey Vonn	Anja Pärson	Anna Fenninger
1334	SG	2011	9 January 2011	Lara Gut	Lindsey Vonn	Dominique Gisin
1439	DH	2014	11 January 2014	Elisabeth Görgl	Anna Fenninger	Maria Höfl-Riesch
1340	SC	2014	9 January 2011	Marie-Michèle Gagnon	Michaela Kirchgasser	Maria Höfl-Riesch
1502	DH	2016	9 January 2016	Lindsey Vonn	Larisa Yurkiw	Cornelia Hütter
1503	SG	2016	10 January 2016	Lindsey Vonn	Lara Gut	Cornelia Hütter
	DH	2017	14 January 2017	postponed to following day on 15 January 2017
1546	DH		15 January 2017	Christine Scheyer	Tina Weirather	Jacqueline Wiles
	AC		15 January 2017	postponed over DH switch; replaced in Crans-Montana on 24 February 2017^[4]
1650	DH	2020	11 January 2020	Corinne Suter	Nicol Delago	Michelle Gisin
1651	AC	2020	12 January 2020	Federica Brignone	Wendy Holdener	Marta Bassino
1718	DH	2022	15 January 2022	Lara Gut-Behrami	Kira Weidle	Ramona Siebenhofer
1719	SG	2022	16 January 2022	Federica Brignone	Corinne Suter	Ariane Rädler

Men

No.	Type	Season	Date	Winner	Second	Third
1109	DH	2002	6 March 2002	Stephan Eberharter	Ambrosi Hoffmann	Hannes Trinkl
1110	SG	2002	7 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

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

External links

altenmarkt-zauchensee.at official site
FIS Alpine Ski World Cup – Zauchensee, Austria
Ski-db.com – Zauchensee women's races

47°17′24″N 13°27′22″E / 47.29°N 13.456111°E / 47.29; 13.456111

[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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