Key Sections
Ciampinoi (2,249): Selva-Wolkenstein’s landmark mountain, reachable by the Ciampinoi lift from Selva-Wolkenstein or the Saslong lift and Sochers chairlift from Ruacia.
Spinel (2,091m): Steep section right after the Start, highest slope drop (56.9%)
Spinel (2,091m): Steep section right after the Start, highest slope drop (56.9%)
Saut dl Moro (2,018m): Moro jump, first real jump on Saslong; named after the Moro Meadow
Sochers Walls (1,900m): Steep sections with up to 55.9% drop; named after the Sochers Meadows
Camel Humps (1,813m): Originally „Costa de Gialina“ (Gialina Ridge); later called Camel Humps by the FIS Technical Delegate Sepp Sulzberger. Most famous section of the Saslong, requiring jumps of over 85m with heights of up to 13m. Uli Spiess was the first to jump over all three humps in 1980.
Ciaslat (1,720m): Passage with turns with up to five sections of rough corrugated ground; named after the Ciaslat Meadow.
Nucia turn und Finish schuss (1,550m): Up to 51.6% steep drop and left-bearing turn; named after the Nucia farmyard.
Tunnel jump: The jump at the Finish schuss completed in summer/fall 2007 during the works on the Saslong has been named “Tunnel jump”. This reflects the tunnel that is located right under the jump.
Ruacia (1,410m): Finish area; named after local farmyard.
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Built: 1967-68 for the 1970 Ski World Championships in Gardena-Gröden
First downhill race: February 15th, 1969
First winner: Jean-Daniel Dätwyler (Switzerland; 2:07 minutes)
Course record: 1:52:99 (Antoine Deneriaz, France, on December 20th, 2003)
Sochers Walls (1,900m): Steep sections with up to 55.9% drop; named after the Sochers Meadows
Camel Humps (1,813m): Originally „Costa de Gialina“ (Gialina Ridge); later called Camel Humps by the FIS Technical Delegate Sepp Sulzberger. Most famous section of the Saslong, requiring jumps of over 85m with heights of up to 13m. Uli Spiess was the first to jump over all three humps in 1980.
Ciaslat (1,720m): Passage with turns with up to five sections of rough corrugated ground; named after the Ciaslat Meadow.
Nucia turn und Finish schuss (1,550m): Up to 51.6% steep drop and left-bearing turn; named after the Nucia farmyard.
Tunnel jump: The jump at the Finish schuss completed in summer/fall 2007 during the works on the Saslong has been named “Tunnel jump”. This reflects the tunnel that is located right under the jump.
Ruacia (1,410m): Finish area; named after local farmyard.
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Built: 1967-68 for the 1970 Ski World Championships in Gardena-Gröden
First downhill race: February 15th, 1969
First winner: Jean-Daniel Dätwyler (Switzerland; 2:07 minutes)
Course record: 1:52:99 (Antoine Deneriaz, France, on December 20th, 2003)
