Giant Slalom · technical event

Giant Slalom ski game

Race giant slalom free in your browser: 3 courses from green to black and 2 quick drills, each with medal times, a Course Setter to beat and a world record to set.

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Giant Slalom courses

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

Giant slalom drills

DrillReboundRound GS turns: change edges just after each gate for a kick of speed
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DrillIce PatchIce after the open gate: finish the turn before it, then glide across flat
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Giant Slalom in CarveMania

In CarveMania, giant slalom is about round, early turns: finish each turn above the gate, change edges just after it, and the skis kick you into the next one. The hill steepens from the green course to the black, with delays both ways and ice where it hurts. The Course Setter tops 64 mph on Headwall.

What is giant slalom?

Giant slalom, or GS, sits between slalom and the speed events: fewer gates than slalom, set further apart, with long, round turns at around 40 mph. Like slalom it’s a technical event raced in two runs, on two different sets on the same slope, and the combined time wins.

Each gate is two pairs of poles with a panel on each pair, one on the inside of the turn and one outside, and the racer passes between them. The skis are long and built for wide, carved arcs, so a turn that skids shows on the clock.

Giant Slalom rules

Two runs on different courses; the fastest combined time wins.
Men’s World Cup courses drop 250–450 m (250–400 m for women), with 56–70 gates.
Skis are at least 193 cm long for men and 188 cm for women, with a sidecut radius of at least 30 m.

How fast do giant slalom skiers go?

Measured across men’s World Cup races, giant slalom averages about 41 mph (66 km/h), with the fastest points near 60 mph (96 km/h).

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

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).