24–25 October, Rettenbach glacier. The 2026/27 World Cup opens in Sölden with the women’s giant slalom on Saturday and the men’s on Sunday. A year ago Julia Scheib won the women’s race by 0.58 for her first World Cup win, and Marco Odermatt won the men’s.
Who holds what
| Globe | Women | Men |
|---|---|---|
| Overall | Mikaela Shiffrin | Marco Odermatt |
| Downhill | Laura Pirovano | Marco Odermatt |
| Super-G | Sofia Goggia | Marco Odermatt |
| Giant slalom | Julia Scheib | Lucas Pinheiro Braathen |
| Slalom | Mikaela Shiffrin | Atle Lie McGrath |
Women
Shiffrin starts with 110 World Cup wins and six overall titles, level with Annemarie Moser-Pröll’s record. Last season 980 of her 1,410 points came from slalom. Emma Aicher finished 87 points behind her at 22, scoring in all four disciplines. Camille Rast was third overall and second in both GS and slalom.
Lara Gut-Behrami will not be there. She announced her retirement in August at 35, with 48 World Cup wins, 101 podiums, two overall titles and six super-G globes. Federica Brignone, double Olympic champion in super-G and GS at Milano Cortina, is recovering from further leg surgery in August.
Lindsey Vonn, 42 this month, is on the US team list for 2026/27. She crashed in the Olympic downhill on 8 February and suffered a complex tibia fracture that has needed several operations. In April she said she did not know whether she would race again. The first women’s downhill is in Beaver Creek on 11 December.
Men
Odermatt has 16 career crystal globes, 14 of them from the last four seasons. He has five straight overall titles, 54 wins and 102 podiums. The giant slalom globe slipped away in March, to Pinheiro Braathen, the Olympic GS champion, and Brazil’s first globe winner. Pinheiro Braathen was 48 points behind going into the Hafjell GS and won the globe when Odermatt went out in run one.
Aleksander Aamodt Kilde is injured again. The Norwegian federation said on Thursday that he ruptured an Achilles tendon in a crash during downhill training in Chile. No recovery timeline was given. Kilde, 34, came back in November 2025 after almost two years out following his Wengen crash in January 2024, then sat out the second half of last season and the Olympics.
Alexis Pinturault retired in March with 34 World Cup wins.
Dates
- 14–15 November: Levi slalom (women Saturday, men Sunday).
- 21–22 November: Gurgl slalom.
- 28–29 November: Killington (women, GS and slalom); Copper Mountain (men, super-G and GS).
- 3–6 December: Beaver Creek men: two downhills, super-G, GS.
- 1–14 February 2027: World Championships, Crans-Montana.
- 20–25 March 2027: World Cup Finals, Sun Valley. One race per discipline for men and women.
Sölden first. Then Levi, Gurgl and the North American swing before the December classics.
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