Despite the unseasonably warm temperatures and lack of precipitation so far this fall, the women’s Audi FIS Ski World Cup at Killington Resort will go forward next week.
The resort this week received a “positive snow control announcement” from the International Ski and Snowboard Federation, the governing body of the Audi FIS Ski World Cup, according to a release.
The release from the ski resort added that the news means Killington Resort “can assure international race teams and ski racing fans traveling to central Vermont for Thanksgiving weekend that both the giant slalom and slalom races will take place as scheduled (next week).”
Warm temperatures has caused concern prior to the announcement.
“It was a real battle with Mother Nature this year, but once again our superstar snowmaking team was able to fire up 125 snowmaking guns to lay down enough snow for a world-class show next weekend,” Killington President and CEO Mike Solimano said in a written statement. “We were able to take advantage of our fleet of new low-energy snow guns and the new fan guns installed this summer to pull off this feat and I can’t wait for the best athletes in the world to join us for an incredible weekend of ski racing action. There’s even a chance Mikaela Shiffrin will notch her 100th win on the slopes.”
Here’s what to know about the Audi FIS Ski World Cup, which is also known as the “Stifel Killington Cup.”
It will take place on Nov. 30 and Dec. 1.
There will also be entertainment over the weekend, including live music from Fitz and the Tantrums, Matt Quinn (lead singer from Mt. Joy), Eve 6, and DJ Ross One. There will also be a vendor village on race days.
A full schedule of events at Killington Resort during Stifel Killington Cup weekend is available at killington.com/worldcup.
The Killington Cup HERoic Panel will also meet over the weekend. The panel is focused on women blazing a trail and working for themselves, and there will be many high-profile female speakers at that event.
General admission tickets are available for $10 at killington.com/worldcup.
All Stifel Killington Cup spectators will need a ticket to gain entry to the event.
Limited weekend and Sunday VIP Packages are available through the Killington World Cup Foundation at kwcfgivesback.org, gaining fans entry into the Great Gulf LiveKillington.com VIP Tent and premium seating.
According to Olympics.com, in the 2022/23 season, the American skiing star “broke Lindsey Vonn’s women’s World Cup wins record of 82 before eclipsing Ingemar Stenmark’s overall mark of 86 which had stood for 34 years.
“Her tally of 53 World Cup slalom race triumphs is the most by a skier in a single discipline, 13 clear of Stenmark. … She has every chance of realising Stenmark’s prediction that she will record at least 100 World Cup race victories.”
And that could happen at Killington next weekend.
