Downhill · speed event

Downhill ski game

Race downhill free in your browser: 3 courses from green to black and 1 quick drill, each with medal times, a Course Setter to beat and a world record to set.

Race downhill

Downhill courses

Green to black, each with its world record. Free to race in your browser, no download.

Downhill drills

DrillAir TimeA downhill jump off a fast sweeper: let go of the tuck and tuck again just before the lip
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Downhill in CarveMania

In CarveMania, downhill is tucks and jumps: tuck the straights, let go of the tuck before a jump and tuck again just before the lip to stay low and land sooner. The Course Setter tops 96 mph on Treeline.

What is downhill?

Downhill is the fastest and longest event in alpine ski racing: a single run down a long course with few turns, big jumps and long gliding sections, raced in a tuck. The classic courses, like Kitzbühel’s Streif and Wengen’s Lauberhorn, are among the most famous and most feared in sport.

It’s the one event with training runs: racers ski the course in the days before the race to learn the jumps and the line at speed.

Downhill rules

One run; the fastest time wins.
Training runs on the days before the race.
Men’s World Cup courses drop 450–1,100 m (450–800 m for women).
Skis are the longest of the four events: at least 218 cm for men and 210 cm for women.

How fast do downhill skiers go?

Downhill racers average about 60 mph (96 km/h) over a men’s World Cup course, and 80 mph (130 km/h) is common at the fast points; on the fastest courses they pass 90 mph. The fastest speed recorded in a World Cup downhill is 100.6 mph (161.9 km/h), by France’s Johan Clarey at Wengen in 2013.

See how all four events compare, or race the others: Slalom, Giant Slalom, Super-G.

Real-world figures are men’s World Cup unless noted. Sources: Slalom skiing (Wikipedia), Giant slalom (Wikipedia), Super-G (Wikipedia), Downhill (Wikipedia), Speed in World Cup alpine ski racing, Gilgien et al., Fastest World Cup downhill skiing speed (Guinness World Records).