Chuenisbärgli

Chuenisbärgli
Place: Switzerland Adelboden
Mountain: Chuenisbärgli
Member: Club5+
Opened: 1955
Level: expert
Giant slalom
Start: 1,730 m (5,676 ft) (AA)
Finish: 1,294 m (4,245 ft)
Vertical drop:    436 m (1,430 ft)
Length: 1.430 km (0.89 mi)
Max. incline:    31 degrees (60%)
Avg. incline: 16.7 degrees (30%)
Min. incline:    5.7 degrees (10%)
Most wins: Sweden Ingemar Stenmark (5x)
Slalom
Start: 1,473 m (4,833 ft) (AA)
Finish: 1,294 m (4,245 ft)
Height difference:    179 m (587 ft)
Length: 0.592 km (0.37 mi)
Most wins: Austria Marcel Hirscher (5x)

Chuenisbärgli is a World Cup technical ski course (and a hill) in Switzerland at Adelboden in Bernese Oberland, opened in 1955.

The track runs on natural terrain and is used only for annual World Cup competitions, traditionally in early January. It is one of the oldest and most classic slopes in the circuit.

It is considered the most prestigious giant slalom in the world and among the most demanding, along with Alta Badia and Kranjska Gora.[1]

History

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Ingemar Stenmark (SWE)
won record 5 giant slaloms in total
Marcel Hirscher (AUT)
won record 5 slaloms in total
Chuenisbärgli is located in Alps
Chuenisbärgli
Location in the Alps

In 1955 competition called "Internationalen Adelbodner Skitage" (International Adelboden Ski Days) started with slalom, giant slalom joined in 1958, with last slalom held in 1961.

In the early days of the World Cup, there was basically only one giant slalom, initially on two days (Monday 1st run / Tuesday 2nd run) and then both runs on Tuesday.

In 1967, giant slalom joined already in the premiere World Cup season and in 2000 slalom joined the competition after decades of break.

Since 1982 competition is being live broadcast. Competition was fully canceled in 1988, 1990, 1993 and 1994.

World Cup

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This course hosted total of 69 World Cup events for men (7th of all-time).

Men

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No. Type Season Date Winner Second Third
International Adelboden Ski Days
SL 1955   Switzerland Martin Julen France Adrien Duvillard Switzerland Georges Schneider
SL 1956   Japan Chiharu Igaya United States Tom Corcoran France Adrien Duvillard
SL Switzerland Georges Schneider France François Bonlieu France Bernard Perret
SL 1957   Switzerland Georges Schneider France Charles Bozon Italy Gino Burrini
SL Switzerland Roland Bläsi Switzerland Ruppert Sutter France Charles Bozon
GS 1958   Switzerland Roger Staub Austria Mathias Leitner France Charles Bozon
SL France Charles Bozon Austria Ernst Hinterseer Switzerland Georges Schneider
GS 1959   West Germany Fritz Wagnerberger Austria Gerhard Nenning West Germany Ludwig Leitner
SL West Germany Sepp Behr United States Bud Werner Switzerland Georges Schneider
GS 1960   West Germany Ludwig Leitner Italy Italo Pedroncelli Switzerland Roger Staub
SL West Germany Ludwig Leitner Italy Italo Pedroncelli Italy Bruno Alberti
GS 1961   East Germany Eberhard Riedel Switzerland Willi Forrer Italy Italo Pedroncelli
SL West Germany Fritz Wagnerberger Switzerland Daniel Gerber  Switzerland Adolf Mathis
GS 1962   cancelled
GS 1963   Switzerland Georg Grünenfelder France Jean-Claude Killy France Georges Mauduit
GS France Léo Lacroix West Germany Fritz Wagnerberger West Germany Ludwig Leitner
GS 1964   cancelled
GS 1965   Switzerland Edmund Bruggmann France Léo Lacroix Switzerland Beat von Allmen
GS France Léo Lacroix Italy Ivo Mahlknecht Switzerland Willy Favre
GS 1966   United States Billy Kidd Switzerland Willy Favre Switzerland Edmund Bruggmann
World Cup
3 GS 1967 9 January 1967   France Jean-Claude Killy Switzerland Willy Favre France Georges Mauduit
19 GS 1967/78 8 January 1968   France Jean-Claude Killy Switzerland Edmund Bruggmann Switzerland Stefan Kälin
40 GS 1968/79 6 January 1969   France Jean-Noël Augert France Jean-Pierre Augert Austria Karl Schranz
65 GS 1969/70 5 January 1970   Austria Karl Schranz West Germany Sepp Heckelmiller Switzerland Dumeng Giovanoli
97 GS 1970/71 18 January 1971   France Patrick Russel Italy Gustav Thöni France Henri Duvillard
122 GS 1971/72 24 January 1972   Switzerland Werner Mattle Switzerland Adolf Rösti Italy Gustav Thöni
142 GS 1972/73 15 January 1973   Italy Gustav Thöni Austria Hans Hinterseer Norway Erik Håker
170 GS 1973/74 21 January 1974   Italy Gustav Thöni Italy Piero Gros Austria Hans Hinterseer
188 GS 1974/75 13 January 1975   Italy Piero Gros Italy Gustav Thöni Switzerland Werner Mattle
218 GS 1975/76 12 January 1976   Italy Gustav Thöni Sweden Ingemar Stenmark Switzerland Engelhard Pargätzi
246 GS 1976/77 24 January 1977   Switzerland Heini Hemmi Sweden Ingemar Stenmark Austria Klaus Heidegger
273 GS 1977/78 17 January 1978   Liechtenstein Andreas Wenzel Sweden Ingemar Stenmark Italy Piero Gros
299 GS 1978/79 16 January 1979   Sweden Ingemar Stenmark Liechtenstein Andreas Wenzel Switzerland Jacques Lüthy
333 GS 1979/80 21 January 1980   Sweden Ingemar Stenmark Switzerland Jacques Lüthy Switzerland Joël Gaspoz
364 GS 1980/81 26 January 1981   Sweden Ingemar Stenmark Austria Christian Orlainsky
Slovenia Boris Strel
396 GS 1981/82 19 January 1982   Sweden Ingemar Stenmark United States Phil Mahre Switzerland Max Julen
426 GS 1982/83 11 January 1983   Switzerland Pirmin Zurbriggen Switzerland Max Julen Switzerland Jacques Lüthy
463 GS 1983/84 10 January 1984   Sweden Ingemar Stenmark Austria Hubert Strolz Switzerland Pirmin Zurbriggen
505 GS 1984/85 15 January 1985   Austria Hans Enn Austria Hubert Strolz Italy Richard Pramotton
543 GS 1985/86 28 January 1986   Italy Richard Pramotton Italy Marco Tonazzi Austria Hubert Strolz
585 GS 1986/87 13 January 1987   Switzerland Pirmin Zurbriggen Luxembourg Marc Girardelli Austria Hubert Strolz
589 GS 20 January 1987   Switzerland Pirmin Zurbriggen Switzerland Joël Gaspoz Sweden Ingemar Stenmark
GS 1987/88 19 January 1988   cancelled
650 GS 1988/89 17 January 1989   Luxembourg Marc Girardelli Norway Ole Kristian Furuseth Italy Alberto Tomba
GS 1989/90 23 January 1990   cancelled
714 GS 1990/91 15 January 1991   Luxembourg Marc Girardelli Italy Alberto Tomba Austria Rudolf Nierlich
746 GS 1991/92 22 January 1992   Norway Ole Kristian Furuseth Switzerland Hans Pieren Luxembourg Marc Girardelli
GS 1992/93 19 January 1993   cancelled
GS 1993/94 18 January 1994  
850 GS 1994/95 4 February 1995   Italy Alberto Tomba Slovenia Jure Košir Norway H. C. Strand Nilsen
881 GS 1995/96 16 January 1996   Switzerland Michael von Grünigen Switzerland Urs Kälin Norway Tom Stiansen
913 GS 1996/97 14 January 1997   Norway Kjetil André Aamodt Switzerland Michael von Grünigen Austria Andreas Schifferer
951 GS 1997/98 13 January 1998   Austria Hermann Maier Switzerland Michael von Grünigen Switzerland Paul Accola
988 GS 1998/99 12 January 1999   Austria Hermann Maier Norway Kjetil André Aamodt Austria Benjamin Raich
GS 1999/00 19 February 2000   cancelled in first run due to heavy snowfall
1032 SL 20 February 2000   Slovenia Matjaž Vrhovnik Norway Kjetil André Aamodt Austria Mario Matt
1060 GS 2000/01 9 January 2001   Austria Hermann Maier Switzerland Michael von Grünigen Sweden Fredrik Nyberg
1093 GS 2001/02 5 January 2002   Switzerland Didier Cuche France Frédéric Covili Sweden Fredrik Nyberg
1094 SL 6 January 2002   United States Bode Miller Croatia Ivica Kostelić Slovenia Mitja Kunc
1131 GS 2002/03 14 January 2003   Austria Hans Knauß Switzerland Michael von Grünigen Norway Kjetil André Aamodt
1178 GS 2003/04 7 February 2004   Finland Kalle Palander  Italy Massimiliano Blardone Austria Christoph Gruber
Austria Heinz Schilchegger
1179 SL 8 February 2004   Austria Rainer Schönfelder United States Bode Miller Austria Benjamin Raich
1207 GS 2004/05 11 January 2005   Italy Massimiliano Blardone United States Bode Miller Finland Kalle Palander
1241 GS 2005/06 7 January 2006   Austria Benjamin Raich Sweden Fredrik Nyberg Austria Stephan Görgl
Finland Kalle Palander
1242 SL 8 January 2006   Italy Giorgio Rocca United States Ted Ligety Austria Benjamin Raich
1278 GS 2006/07 6 January 2007   Austria Benjamin Raich Italy Massimiliano Blardone Norway Aksel Lund Svindal
1279 SL 7 January 2007   Switzerland Marc Berthod Austria Benjamin Raich Austria Mario Matt
1313 GS 2007/08 5 January 2008   Switzerland Marc Berthod Switzerland Daniel Albrecht Austria Hannes Reichelt
1314 SL 6 January 2008   Austria Mario Matt Austria Benjamin Raich Germany Felix Neureuther
1353 GS 2008/09 10 January 2009   Austria Benjamin Raich Italy Massimiliano Blardone Norway Kjetil Jansrud
1354 SL 11 January 2009   Austria Reinfried Herbst Austria Manfred Pranger Germany Felix Neureuther
GS 2009/10 9 January 2010   cancelled in first run due to heavy fog
1390 SL 10 January 2010   France Julien Lizeroux Austria Marcel Hirscher Croatia Ivica Kostelić
1421 GS 2010/11 8 January 2011   France Cyprien Richard
Norway Aksel Lund Svindal
France Thomas Fanara
1422 SL 9 January 2011   Croatia Ivica Kostelić Austria Marcel Hirscher Austria Reinfried Herbst
1458 GS 2011/12 7 January 2012   Austria Marcel Hirscher Austria Benjamin Raich Italy Massimiliano Blardone
1459 SL 8 January 2012   Austria Marcel Hirscher Croatia Ivica Kostelić Italy Stefano Gross
1504 GS 2012/13 12 January 2013   United States Ted Ligety Germany Fritz Dopfer Germany Felix Neureuther
1505 SL 13 January 2013   Austria Marcel Hirscher Austria Mario Matt Italy Manfred Mölgg
1536 GS 2013/14 11 January 2014   Germany Felix Neureuther France Thomas Fanara Austria Marcel Hirscher
1537 SL 12 January 2014   Austria Marcel Hirscher Sweden André Myhrer Norway Henrik Kristoffersen
1571 GS 2014/15 10 January 2015   Austria Marcel Hirscher France Alexis Pinturault Norway Henrik Kristoffersen
1572 SL 11 January 2015   Italy Stefano Gross Germany Fritz Dopfer Austria Marcel Hirscher
GS 2015/16 9 January 2016   cancelled due to bad weather
1608 SL 10 January 2016   Norway Henrik Kristoffersen Austria Marcel Hirscher Russia Aleksandr Khoroshilov
1652 GS 2016/17 7 January 2017   France Alexis Pinturault Austria Marcel Hirscher Austria Philipp Schörghofer
1653 SL 8 January 2017   Norway Henrik Kristoffersen Italy Manfred Mölgg Austria Marcel Hirscher
1690 GS 2017/18 6 January 2018   Austria Marcel Hirscher Norway Henrik Kristoffersen France Alexis Pinturault
1691 SL 7 January 2018   Austria Marcel Hirscher Austria Michael Matt Norway Henrik Kristoffersen
1727 GS 2018/19 12 January 2019   Austria Marcel Hirscher Norway Henrik Kristoffersen France Thomas Fanara
1728 SL 13 January 2019   Austria Marcel Hirscher France Clément Noël Norway Henrik Kristoffersen
1763 GS 2019/20 11 January 2020   Slovenia Žan Kranjec Croatia Filip Zubčić Norway Henrik Kristoffersen
France Victor Muffat-Jeandet
1764 SL 12 January 2020   Switzerland Daniel Yule Norway Henrik Kristoffersen Austria Marco Schwarz
1717 GS 2020/21 8 January 2021   France Alexis Pinturault Croatia Filip Zubčić Switzerland Marco Odermatt
1718 GS 9 January 2021   France Alexis Pinturault Croatia Filip Zubčić Switzerland Loïc Meillard
1719 SL 10 January 2021   Austria Marco Schwarz Germany Linus Straßer United Kingdom Dave Ryding
1836 GS 2021/22 8 January 2022   Switzerland Marco Odermatt Austria Manuel Feller France Alexis Pinturault
1837 SL 9 January 2022   Austria Johannes Strolz Austria Manuel Feller Germany Linus Straßer
1870 GS 2022/23 7 January 2023   Switzerland Marco Odermatt Norway Henrik Kristoffersen Switzerland Loïc Meillard
1871 SL 8 January 2023   Norway Lucas Braathen Norway Atle Lie McGrath Germany Linus Straßer

 Not part of classic Adelboden competition. It replaced Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Club5+

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In 1986, elite Club5 was originally founded by prestigious classic downhill organizers: Kitzbühel, Wengen, Garmisch, Val d’Isère and Val Gardena/Gröden, with goal to bring alpine ski sport on the highest levels possible.[2]

Later over the years other classic longterm organizers joined the now named Club5+: Alta Badia, Cortina, Kranjska Gora, Maribor, Lake Louise, Schladming, Adelboden, Kvitfjell, St.Moritz and Åre.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Adelboden: Chuenisbärgli slope profile". weltcup-adelboden.ch. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Srečko Medven predsednik elitnega združenje (page 9)" (in Slovenian). Naše novice. June 2010.
  3. ^ "Club5+ workshop in Adelboden". saslong.org. 23 October 2021.
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