Gran Risa is a

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ski course in

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. On Piz La Ila mountain in the

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, it hosted its first World Cup event in

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. This slope is considered one of the top three GS courses on the circuit, along with

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(SLO) and

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(SUI).

Course

The men's World Cup giant slalom was held on the Gran Risa for the first time in 1985, and every year since 1990 (usually in mid-December). From 2006 to 2011, World Cup slaloms also took place on the Gran Risa. Since

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, the Gran Risa has also been the venue for World Cup parallel giant slaloms. Women's giant slaloms have only been held twice so far, in 1994 and 2003. The record winner is

Marcel Hirscher Marcel Hirscher (born 2 March 1989) is an Austrian former World Cup alpine ski racer. Hirscher made his World Cup debut in March 2007. He competed primarily in slalom and giant slalom, as well as combined and occasionally in super G. Winner of ...

with six giant slalom victories, with additional wins in slalom and parallel giant slalom.

Sections

* Pump Station, Col Frata, La sTreta, La Curva Calait, Plans

World Cup

This course hosted a total of 49 men's World Cup events ( 11th of all-time) and total 2 for ladies ( 108th of all-time). The

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at the start of the men's giant slalom is , with a vertical drop of . It has a maximum incline of 34.6 degrees (69%) and the average

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is 19.8 degrees (36%).

Men

Women

Club5+

In 1986, elite Club5 was originally founded by prestigious classic downhill organizers:

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and Val Gardena/Gröden, with goal to bring alpine ski sport on the highest levels possible. Later over the years other classic long-term organizers joined the now named Club5+:

, Cortina,

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, Lake Louise,

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, St.Moritz and

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References

External links

Ski resort of Alta Badia
AltaBadia.it
Ski Map of Alta Badia
DolomitiSuperski.com

AltaBadia.org {{Ski World Cup pistes Skiing in Italy