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The Event

For the third time, La Thuile will host the
la Women's Ski World Cup:
DH on Friday, 14th and SG, 15th March 2025.

The History

For a long time, the goal of the community of La Thuile was to have a World Cup race, thanks to the slope “N.3 Franco Berthod”, the steepest in Italy.
For many years they have worked to present a report to FISI and FIS about this nomination, and for many years have been waiting. Finally, in 2016, the realization of the dream: 1 SG and 2 DH (one of them was the rescheduled race of Crans Montana, cancelled a few days before).

The next edition, in 2020, will never be forgotten. Covid-19 was knocking on the door, and a heavy snowfall on Saturday night forced the committee to cancel the race on Sunday.

La Thuile never stopped organizing great events, waiting for a new date with the Ladies of speed: Italian championships (young and absolute), European cup and Italian championship for “puppies”, a major event that involved more than 600 young athletes from all over Italy.

Many people have trusted in this project, and the one who believed it most of all is Dante Berthod, brother of Franco, from whom the slope gets its name.
Dante has been working for many years as consultant to the FISI, and today is the vice-president of the organizing committee of La Thuile.

World cup - la storia
World cup - slope

Slope 3 – Franco Berthod

The steepest slope in Italy, one of the toughest on the World Cup circuit: the athletes highly appreciate it because it is a very technical track.
Its maximum gradient is 76%, on the “Gran Muret”, a few seconds after the start.
Someone compared this slope to Kitzbühel for the snow conditions: always hard and icy, especially in March.

The history of La Thuile

  1. Nina Ortlieb (AUT)
  2. Federica Brignone (ITA)
  3. Corinne Suter (SUI)

  1. Tina Weirather (LIE)
  2. Lara Gut (SUI)
  3. Lindsey Vonn USA)

  1. Nadia Fanchini (ITA)
  2. Lindsey Vonn (USA)
  3. Daniela Merighetti (ITA)

  1. Lara Gut (SUI)
  2. Cornelia Huetter (AUT)
  3. Nadia Fanchini (ITA)

The last step before finals

The races are coming back to La Thuile after 5 years: a third edition that the whole community has been waiting for for a long time. The town will host the “pink circus”, with a DH on Friday, 14th and a SG on Saturday, 15th March 2025. The World Cup ranking may have already been defined, but these competitions can award the “crystal cup”. For sure, it will be a great show, on one of the steepest and most difficult slopes in the world.

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