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Do you know your Streif from your Lauberhorn ? or your Hahnenkamm from your Kandehar ?
Well get the lowdown on all the races and slope names on the World Cup circuit with our
list of the most famous ski racing tracks and courses in the sport.
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| Venue | Country | Track/Course Name | Details |
| Beaver Creek | USA | Birds of Prey | |
| Chamonix | France | La Verte Des Houches | Les Hoches is a ski resort about 6km from Chamonix. La Verte is the name of the slope, and it translates as "the Green", although that obviously has nothing to do with the rating of the piste ! The green refers to the colour of the fir trees that border the race slope. |
| Kitzbuhel | Austria | Streif | Streif means streak, or stripe. The course is set on the Hahnenkamm mountain. |
| Kvitfjell | Norway | Olympiabakken | Named after the 1994 Winter Olympics, when Kvitfjell held the alpine racing events whilst Lillehammer hosted the games. |
| Lenzerheide | Switzerland | Silvano Beltrametti | The course is named in honour of the promising young Swiss skier Silvano Beltrametti who was paralysed from the chest down after crashing during the Val d'Isere race in December 2001 whilst travelling at more than 80mph. |
| Sestriere | Italy | Kandahar Banchetta | |
| Val Gardena | Italy | Stelvio | |
| Wengen | Switzerland | Lauberhorn | |
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| Venue | Country | Track/Course Name | Details |
| Lenzerheide | Switzerland | Silvano Beltrametti | The course is named in honour of the promising young Swiss skier Silvano Beltrametti who was paralysed from the chest down after crashing during the Val d'Isere race in December 2001 whilst travelling at more than 80mph. |
| Sestriere | Italy | Kandahar Slalom | |
| Wengen | Switzerland | Mannlichen | |
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| Venue | Country | Track/Course Name | Details |
| Lenzerheide | Switzerland | Silvano Beltrametti | The course is named in honour of the promising young Swiss skier Silvano Beltrametti who was paralysed from the chest down after crashing during the Val d'Isere race in December 2001 whilst travelling at more than 80mph. |
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| Venue | Country | Track/Course Name | Details |
| Kvitfjell | Norway | Olympiabakken | Named after the 1994 Winter Olympics, when Kvitfjell held the alpine racing events whilst Lillehammer hosted the games. |
| Lenzerheide | Switzerland | Silvano Beltrametti | The course is named in honour of the promising young Swiss skier Silvano Beltrametti who was paralysed from the chest down after crashing during the Val d'Isere race in December 2001 whilst travelling at more than 80mph. |
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Keywords
: famous ski racing courses and tracks
: names of ski race sections for FIS world cup calendar
