Gudiberg is a

World Cup A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the name is ...

slalom ski course in the mountain with the same name in

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. It lies south of the centre of

Partenkirchen Garmisch-Partenkirchen (; ) is an Alpine ski town in Bavaria, southern Germany. It is the seat of government of the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen (abbreviated ''GAP''), in the Oberbayern region, which borders Austria. Nearby is Ger ...

and east of the

Partnach The Partnach is an mountain river in Bavaria, Germany. It rises at a height of on the Zugspitze Massif. The Partnach is fed by meltwaters from the Schneeferner glacier some higher up. The glacier's meltwaters seep into the karsty bedrock and ...

river.

Alpine skiing competitions

The course hosted the slalom part of the

alpine skiing combined Combined is an event in alpine ski racing. The event format has changed within the last 30 years. A traditional combined competition is a two-day event consisting of one run of downhill and two runs of slalom; each discipline takes place on a s ...

event for the

1936 Winter Olympics The 1936 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936, were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 16 February 1936 in the market town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Nazi Ger ...

in neighboring

. The slalom slope at Gudiberg was improved in preparation for the

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, and has hosted

slalom events.

Olympics

World Championships

World Cup

Ski jumping

The adjacent ski jumping hill

Große Olympiaschanze The Große Olympiaschanze (') is a ski jumping hill located on the Gudiberg, south of the district of Partenkirchen of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Germany, and is traditionally the venue of the Four Hills Tournament's New Year's jumping. T ...

is a regular stop on the

tour, part of the

Four Hills Tournament The Four Hills Tournament () or the German-Austrian Ski Jumping Week () is a ski jumping event composed of four World Cup events and has taken place in Germany and Austria each year since 1953. With few exceptions, it has consisted of the ski ju ...

since 1953.

References

1936 Winter Olympics official report.
pp. 289–303. Venues of the 1936 Winter Olympics Olympic alpine skiing venues Mountains of Bavaria Garmisch-Partenkirchen Ski courses {{Winter-Olympic-venue-stub