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Alpine Skiing

Alpine skiing is downhill ski sport on marked courses and pistes. In disciplines such as downhill, super-G, giant slalom, slalom and combined, line, edge control, speed and legal gates matter.

LevelVariant FamilyWinter Sport CategoryWinter sport

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Classification

Category Winter sport

Family Winter Sport

Level Variant

Getting started

Kurzbeschreibung Alpine ski sport with timing, gates and different speed/technical disciplines.

Geeignet für Suitable for people who like snow, speed, edge control and clear time scoring.

Cost High: equipment can be rented, but lessons, lift pass, clothing and travel add up quickly. Season pass/lift tickets, ski club, training, race equipment, tuning, travel and entry fees. Ski school, ski club or race training in resort/federation context. Binding adjustment and suitable piste are safety basics.

First progress First controlled turns in the first days; race technique takes seasons.

Fitness level medium to high

Was du brauchst

skis
boots
binding adjustment
helmet
goggles
ski school/coach
suitable piste

First steps

book ski school
adjust equipment
learn braking and turns
follow piste rules
add gate training later

Ski school, ski club, local resort or national ski federation.

Take helmet, suitable piste, weather, visibility, speed and FIS piste rules seriously.

Weitere Angaben

Tags individual, alpine-skiing, winter-sport, wintersport, alpiner-skisport, ski-alpin-abfahrtslauf-super-g-slalom-riesenslalom

Rules and format

Die Grundlagen

Ziel

Ski the scheduled course as fast as possible and pass all gates legally.

Teilnehmer

ski racers.

Teamgröße

individual scoring; team scoring by event.

Spielfeld

alpine course with gates.

Dauer

Depends on format and event.

Wertung

time and legal completion.

Gewinnbedingung

Best valid time, placing or score in the announced format.

Ausrüstung

skis
boots
helmet
gates
timing

Wichtige Regelpunkte

missed gate
start/finish breach
equipment rule breach
fall/disqualification

Regelquellen

Federations and sources

Federations

International Ski and Snowboard Federation
International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS)

The FIS disciplines FIS · federation · high
Rules for the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup 2025/26 FIS · rulebook · high
Alpine Ski Racing Disciplines Explained Learn to Ski · beginner-guide · medium