The United States Alpine Ski Championships is an alpine skiing competition organized by
U.S. Ski & Snowboard.
Organization
These championships have started with downhill in 1933 for men, followed in 1935 by slalom and combined. Women races have started in 1938.
Every year, one or several American
ski resorts
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organize the events, generally beginning from end of March, after the last
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 ...
race. Each title is given after a unique race. Some races may be cancelled (principally speed races) for weather or snow quality reasons.
The five disciplines are :
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Downhill
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Super-G
Super giant slalom, or super-G, is a racing discipline of alpine skiing. Along with the faster downhill, it is regarded as a "speed" event, in contrast to the technical events giant slalom and slalom. It debuted as an official World Cup event ...
from 1987
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Giant slalom
Giant slalom (GS) is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding competitive discipline. It involves racing between sets of poles ("gates") spaced at a greater distance from each other than in Slalom skiing, slalom but less than in Super-G.
Giant sl ...
from 1952
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Slalom
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Combined
Results
Men
Women
References and notes
* 1933 to 1967 :
* 1933 to 1976 :
* 1938 to 1996 – women :
* 1938 to 2020 - combined :
* 1987 :
* 1989 :
* 1991 :
* 1995 to now:
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Alpine skiing competitions in the United States
National alpine skiing championships
Alpine
Alpine may refer to any mountainous region. It may also refer to:
Places Europe
* Alps, a European mountain range
** Alpine states, which overlap with the European range
Australia
* Alpine, New South Wales, a Northern Village
* Alpine National P ...