Black Slalom course
Rhythm Alley
Two hairpins, a royal flush and a traverse. Read every gate.
Race Rhythm AlleyGates30
Length304 m
Splits3
Ice patches2
Top speed33 mph
A black course: the steepest hill and the biggest delays, with ice and jumps where they hurt.
Slalom is the tightest, quickest event: short turns round poles set close together. Your speed comes from the spring of a clean edge change, not from tucking, so a tuck between turns only throws it away. Where gates stack straight down the hill (a hairpin or a flush), it’s one quick turn per pole.
How to ski Rhythm Alley
- Start to split 1 (gates 1–6)
- Delays at gates 5 and 6.
- Split 1 to split 2 (gates 7–14)
- A hairpin at gates 7–9, a delay at gate 10, ice between gates 12 and 13.
- Split 2 to split 3 (gates 15–21)
- A hairpin at gates 15–17, ice between gates 19 and 20.
- Split 3 to the finish (gates 22–30)
- A royal flush at gates 22–26.
- Combinations: come in over the top, then one quick turn per pole.
- Delays: the gate sits far to the side, so turn early and high to carry your speed round.
- Ice: finish the turn before it and glide across flat.
The Course Setter skis it in 29.06 s, topping 33 mph (53 km/h).
Medal times
Course Setter29.0 s
Gold30.2 s
Silver32.0 s
Bronze35.5 s
The Course Setter is the game’s own racing line. Beat it and a hidden medal shows up.
World record and top 10
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More slalom courses
- GreenWide OpenLong slalom gates, back-to-back delays and a first hairpin
- BlueClassicRhythm changes, a big delay, a hairpin and a flush
Slalom: the courses, the drills and how the real event works