Kälberloch

extra steep start with 70% fall (in the back)
Place: Austria 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: United States 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

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Women

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Location in Austria
 
 
Location in the Alps
 
Lindsey Vonn (USA)
won record 4 downhills
No. Type Season Date Winner Second Third
647 DH 1991 8 December 1990     Katharina Gutensohn   Petra Kronberger   Kerrin Lee
648 SG 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 18 January 1998     Martina Ertl     Heidi Zurbriggen   Mélanie Suchet
956 DH 2000 15 January 2000       Corinne Rey-Bellet   Regina Häusl   Martina Ertl
957 SG 16 January 2000     Renate Götschl   Tanja Schneider   Regina Häusl
1041 DH 2002 6 March 2002     Michaela Dorfmeister   Caroline Lalive   Mélanie Suchet
1042 SG 7 March 2002     Michaela Dorfmeister   Alexandra Meissnitzer   Hilde Gerg
1120 SG 2005 11 December 2004     Alexandra Meissnitzer   Lucia Recchia   Tina Maze
1121 SL 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 18 January 2009       Dominique Gisin
  Anja Pärson
  Lindsey Vonn
1333 DH 2011 8 January 2011     Lindsey Vonn   Anja Pärson   Anna Fenninger
1334 SG 9 January 2011       Lara Gut   Lindsey Vonn     Dominique Gisin
1439 DH 2014 11 January 2014     Elisabeth Görgl   Anna Fenninger   Maria Höfl-Riesch
1340 SC 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 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 12 January 2020     Federica Brignone     Wendy Holdener   Marta Bassino
1718 DH 2022 15 January 2022       Lara Gut-Behrami   Kira Weidle   Ramona Siebenhofer
1719 SG 16 January 2022     Federica Brignone     Corinne Suter   Ariane Rädler
No. Type Season Date Winner Second Third
1109 DH 2002 6 March 2002     Stephan Eberharter     Ambrosi Hoffmann   Hannes Trinkl
1110 SG 7 March 2002       Didier Cuche   Fritz Strobl   Alessandro Fattori

Course sections

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  • Startschuss, Gamsfeld, Schikane, Hot Air, Jägersprung, Kälberloch, Wasserschloss, Kompression, Panoramakurve, Unterbergweg, Lecherneck, Schmalzleiten, Tischboden, Ziel Sprung

References

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