Flying Mile
| Flying Mile | |
|---|---|
| |
| Place: |  Mont-Tremblant
|
| Mountain: | Flying Mile Peak |
| Opened: | 1983 |
| Giant slalom | |
| Start: | 590 m (1,936 ft) (AA) |
| Finish: | 270 m (886 ft) |
| Vertical drop: | 320 m (1,050 ft) |
Flying Mile is a women's World Cup technical ski course in Mont-Tremblant town in Quebec, Canada, first held in 1983. The course is part of Mont Tremblant Ski Resort, located at Flying Mile Peak.[1][2]
The course profile is straight with average incline at 28% and starts from 565 meters above sea level and 1200 m long, reaches a difference in altitude of 230, up to 335 meters of the town centre. It is characterized by a persistent low slope along its entire length, but is dotted with the presence of various changes in slope and bumps. The initial flat part leads to a short wall (steepest part) which ends in a very undulating section which continues up to a few tens of meters from the finish line, located at the end of a short wall.
History
[edit]In 1983 season first ever World Cup events were organised, with women's downhill and giant slalom. Canadian skier Laurie Graham won the downhill and French skier Anne Flore Rey.[3][4]
In 1994 new chairlift, with the same name as this course, was built along the slope and mountain.
In 2023/24 season World Cup events returned after 40 years break with two women's giant slaloms.
In 2024/25 season, two planned women's World Cup giant slaloms were cancelled due to lack of snow.[5]
World Cup
[edit]Women
[edit]| No. | Type | Date | Season | Winner | Second | Third |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 413 | DH | 6 March 1983 | 1982/83 | Laurie Graham |
 Maria Walliser |
Michela Figini
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| 414 | GS | 7 March 1983 |  Anne Flore Rey |
 Maria Epple |
Erika Hess
| |
| 1778 | GS | 2 December 2023 | 2023/24 |  Federica Brignone
|
 Petra Vlhová
|
 Mikaela Shiffrin
|
| 1779 | GS | 3 December 2023 | Federica Brignone
|
Lara Gut-Behrami
|
Mikaela Shiffrin
| |
| GS | 7 December 2024 | 2024/25 | cancelled due to lack of snow | |||
| GS | 8 December 2024 | |||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Flying Mile (black diamond / South Side)". tremblant.ca. 29 December 2024.
- ^ "Official FIS course profile" (PDF). fis-ski.com. 2 December 2023.
- ^ "Laurie Graham zmagovalka zadnjega smuka" (in Slovenian). Delo. 7 March 1983. p. 9.
- ^ "V veleslalomu zmagala Francozinja Rey" (in Slovenian). Delo. 8 March 1983. p. 9.
- ^ "Tremblant women's giant slaloms called off due to lack of snow". Reuters. 30 November 2024.