Everything You Need to Know About Men’s Alpine Skiing for Milan-Cortina 2026

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The notoriously icy, bumpy, dark, and unforgiving Stelvio track will be home to men’s Olympic alpine events at the Milan-Cortina Olympic Winter Games.

It is revered as one of the toughest in the world, inaugurated in 1982 and gaining status as a regular stop on the World Cup in 1993. 

When Bormio’s annual World Cup Downhill and Super-G races were contested over the Christmas holiday, a lack of sufficient light on the shadowy course increased the difficulty of tackling terrain at speeds of 80 miles per hour.