ISMF World Cup Ski Mountaineering
Planai Stadion
At the beginning of March, the Ski Mountaineering World Cup in Schladming enters its third round!
The men's and women's vertical races will take place on Friday, March 14 and the men's and women's sprint races on Saturday, March 15.
Thursday, 13.03.2025
Arrival & Official Registration
16:30 TCM | WM-Studio – Planai-Hochwurzen-Bahnen – Schladming
18:30 Official Opening Ceremony | Top 5 Presentation | Planai Stadion Schladming
Friday, 14.03.2025
Vertical Race
13:30 Pre-Start TCM
14:05 Start Senior Men
14:20 Start Senior Women
Flower Ceremonies after each race in the finish area
18:00 Award Ceremony in the Planai Stadium
Saturday, 15.03.2025
Sprint Races
15:50 Pre-Start TCM
16:20 Inspection
17:00 Qualification Senior Women
17:25 Qualification Senior Men
18:00 Heats
18:55 Semifinals Senior Women
19:09 Semifinals Senior Men
19:30 Final Senior Women
19:40 Final Senior Men
19:47 Flower Ceremony
20:30 Award Ceremonies
Sunday, 16.03.2025
Departure
*Exact times to be defined on TCM.
Further information on the program scheduleb can be found HERE
Místo
Coburgstraße 52
8970 Schladming
Kontakt
e.mayer@hsg-schattauer.at
1st of March - The vertical
The "Vertical" or "Vertical Race" is a pure ascent race with ski skins.
The start takes place in the Planai stadium, and this is where things start to get exciting, as the mass start sees a battle for the best starting position for the first ascent.
The route leads over around 600 metres in altitude to the middle station of the Planai cable car, where we expect the winners after around 25 minutes. Strength and endurance are just as crucial on the ascent as the right tactics on the very selective route.
Victory will only be decided on the last steep climb and we are of course keeping our fingers crossed that our ladies and gentlemen will be right at the front.
With Sarah Dreier, we already have a European Championship medallist in the vertical and Johanna Hiemer from Schladming knows practically every transition on the course in her sleep. The best prerequisites for an exciting vertical race on the Planai.
For spectators, it is definitely worth taking the cable car directly to the middle station after the start and experiencing the exciting finale up close. The flower ceremony takes place directly after the vertical race in the middle station area.
2nd of March - The Sprint
The sprint combines all the techniques of ski mountaineering in a very confined space on the finish slope of the Planai.
After qualifying, which each athlete has to complete on their own, 6 runners compete head-to-head against each other. Speed, skill and tactics are required, because the course that the sprinters have to master is a tough one.
From the start, they practically head straight into the so-called diamonds, which act as course dividers and require a certain amount of skill. After a short ascent, it's time to change quickly: The skis are taken off and carried on the rucksack. The carrying section is also the steepest part of the course, at the end of which another transition zone awaits.
With skis strapped on, the route continues in hairpin bends to the highest point of the sprint, where the skins are ripped off the skis. The rapid descent, which is also garnished with waves and small jumps, takes you down to the finish.
The first two of each "heat" advance to the next round. Until the top 6 finishers battle it out for victory and the podium places.
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