Mont Lachaux is a World Cup women's speed ski course in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, opened in 1987.
They hosted the World Championships in 1987, with Swiss racers Pirmin Zurbriggen, Maria Walliser, Erika Hess, and Peter Müller winning eight of the ten gold medals, dominating in front of the home crowd.
Mont Lachaux is one of three courses of the 1987 World Championships; nearby is "Piste Nationale" men's downhill course and "Chetzeron" is located in Crans village.
Course
Sections La Face Le Mur De Marius Le Trour de Renard La Traversée de Clavan Le Toboggan Reck de Vermala
World Championships
Women's events EventTypeDateGoldSilverBronze 1987 KB(SL) 29 January 1987 30 January 1987 Erika Hess Sylvia Eder Tamara McKinneyDH(DH) 1 February 1987 Maria Walliser Michela Figini Regine Mösenlechner
World Cup Women TypeSeasonDateWinnerSecondThird DH2013/14 1 March 2014 fog; replaced in Crans-Montana on 2 March1447 DH 2 March 2014 Andrea Fischbacher Anna Fenninger Tina Maze SC 2 March 2014 cancelled; rescheduled with downhillDH2015/16 13 February 2016 excessive snow: replaced in La Thuile on 19 February 2016AC 14 February 2016 excessive snow forced delay in previous days event1512 SL 15 February 2016 Mikaela Shiffrin Nastasia Noens Marie-Michèle Gagnon1553 AC2016/17 24 February 2017 Federica Brignone Ilka Štuhec Michaela Kirchgasser1554 SG 25 February 2017 Ilka Štuhec Elena Curtoni Stephanie Venier1555 AC 26 February 2017 Mikaela Shiffrin Federica Brignone Ilka Štuhec1595 DH2017/18 3 March 2018 Tina Weirather Anna Veith Wendy Holdener1596 AC 4 March 2018 Federica Brignone Michelle Gisin Petra Vlhová1629 DH2018/19 23 February 2019 Sofia Goggia Nicole Schmidhofer Corinne Suter1630 AC 24 February 2019 Federica Brignone Roni Remme Wendy Holdener1663 DH2019/20 21 February 2020 Lara Gut-Behrami Corinne Suter Stephanie Venier1664 DH 22 February 2020 Lara Gut-Behrami Corinne Suter Nina Ortlieb1665 AC 23 February 2020 Federica Brignone Franziska Gritsch Ester Ledecká1683 DH2020/21 22 January 2021 Sofia Goggia Ester Ledecká Breezy Johnson1684 DH 23 January 2021 Sofia Goggia Lara Gut-Behrami Elena Curtoni1685 SG 24 January 2021 Lara Gut-Behrami Tamara Tippler Federica Brignone1725 DH2021/22 26 February 2022 Ester Ledecká Ragnhild Mowinckel Cornelia Hütter1726 DH 27 February 2022 Priska Nufer Ester Ledecká Sofia Goggia DH2022/23 25 February 2023 bad weather; moved to 26 February 20231763 DH 26 February 2023 Sofia Goggia Federica Brignone Laura Gauché SG 26 February 2023 program changes; no replacement1801 DH2023/24 16 February 2024 Lara Gut-Behrami Jasmine Flury Cornelia Hütter 1802 DH 17 February 2024 Marta Bassino Federica Brignone Lara Gut-Behrami1803 SG 18 February 2024 Stephanie Venier Federica Brignone Marta Bassino DH2025/26 30 January 2026 cancelled after 6 racers due to three severe crashes and bad visibility1870 SG31 January 2026 Malorie Blanc Sofia Goggia Breezy Johnson
References
External links Crans Montana (official)