Planai is a

ski area A ski area is the terrain and supporting infrastructure where skiing and other snow sports take place. Such sports include alpine and cross-country skiing, snow boarding, tubing, sledding, etc. Ski areas may stand alone or be part of a ski resort. ...

in central

Austria Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...

, the main mountain in the

Schladming Schladming () is a small former mining town in the northwest of the Austrian state of Styria that is now a popular tourist destination. It has become a large winter-sports resort and has held various skiing competitions, including most notably th ...

area in

Styria Styria ( ; ; ; ) is an Austrian Federal states of Austria, state in the southeast of the country. With an area of approximately , Styria is Austria's second largest state, after Lower Austria. It is bordered to the south by Slovenia, and cloc ...

. It is one of four adjoining mountains, which includes

Hauser Kaibling Hauser Kaibling is a ski area located within the Schladming-Dachstein ski area in the Ennstal Alps. Hauser Kaibling is part of the Schladminger 4-Berge-Schaukel, four connected mountains. The other three are Planai, Hochwurzen and Reiteralm ( ...

, Hochwurzen and

Reiteralm Reiteralm may refer to: * Reiter Alm, part of Berchtesgaden Alps on the German–Austrian border in Bavaria, Germany, and Salzburg, Austria * Reiteralm (Styria), ski region in Styria, Austria {{Geodis ...

, connected under the name

Schladminger 4-Berge-Schaukel The Schladminger 4-Berge-Schaukel is the name of four interconnected ski mountains in Austria. The mountains haves a total of 167 kilometres of pistes and 81 ski lift, lift facilities between the four mountains: Hauser Kaibling, Planai, Hochwu ...

. It is not regarded as a single mountain and all text from the official website cites the total amount of pistes. Planai was the host venue of the

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships is an alpine skiing competition organized by the International Ski Federation (FIS). History The inaugural world championships in alpine skiing were held in 1931. It consisted of Downhill (ski competition), ...

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

, held in early February. Schladming previously hosted alpine skiing's major biennial event in

1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C. ...

, with the men's events at Planai and the women's at

Haus im Ennstal Haus im Ennstal is a village in central Austria, located in the Liezen district of Styria. It is an important town on the Enns river and is at the foot of Hauser Kaibling. Haus is a well-known ski resort and has hosted World Cup A world cu ...

. In preparation for the World Championships in 2013, Planai hosted the

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 ...

finals in March

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. It is a regular stop on the World Cup circuit, usually with a men's night slalom in January prior to the

Hahnenkamm Hahnenkamm (means "comb (anatomy), comb") may refer to *Hahnenkamm (Verwaltungsgemeinschaft), a federation of municipalities in Bavaria, Germany *Hahnenkamm, Greenland, a mountain in the Stauning Alps, Greenland *Hahnenkamm, Kitzbühel, a mountain ...

races at

Kitzbühel Kitzbühel (, also: ; ) is a town rights, medieval town situated in the Kitzbühel Alps along the river Kitzbüheler Ache in Tyrol (state), Tyrol, Austria, about east of the state capital Innsbruck and is the administrative centre of the Kitzbüh ...

External links

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- AWSC 2013 - calendar & results Schladming planai nightrace 2005

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