Superstar (ski course)

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Superstar (ski course) - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 43°36′58″N 72°48′11″W / 43.616°N 72.803°W

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Superstar

Place:	Killington, Vermont, U.S.
Mountain:	Skye Peak
Opened:	2016
Level:	advanced
Giant slalom
Start:	3,701 ft (1,128 m) AMSL
Finish:	2,585 ft (788 m)
Vertical drop:	1,115 ft (340 m)
Slalom
Start:	3,241 ft (988 m)
Finish:	2,585 ft (788 m)
Vertical drop:	656 ft (200 m)
Most wins:	Mikaela Shiffrin (6x)

Superstar is a World Cup ski piste in the northeast United States at Killington, Vermont.

Located on Skye Peak mountain of the Killington Ski Resort, the course is open to the public as a black diamond trail. It has hosted eleven women's World Cup events (45th of all-time), the sixth most in the U.S. The race course debuted in November 2016, succeeding Aspen, Colorado, as the early season U.S. host for women's technical events (slalom and giant slalom).

Giant slalom course has maximum incline at 62%, average incline at 39% and minimum incline at 24%.

Slalom course has maximum incline at 58%, average incline at 41% and minimum incline at 19%.

World Cup

Killington

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Location in the U.S.

The course has hosted the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup since 2016, replacing Aspen, Colorado, as the early season U.S. venue for women's slalom and giant slalom events.^[1] This was the first World Cup event in the northeast since 1991 at Waterville Valley, New Hampshire; and the first in Vermont since 1978 at Stratton Mountain.^[2] Unlike the lightly attended World Cup events in the North American West, Killington is a very popular stop, with over 30,000 people attending. Since the course's debut, American Mikaela Shiffrin came in first for five slalom events.^[3]

Course sections

As a race course, Superstar is comparable to most classic European venues.

Upper Headwall
Launch Pad
Upper Field
Lower Field High Road
Upper Preston's Pitch
Lower Preston's Pitch

Mikaela Shiffrin (USA)	Lower Preston's Pitch
300x	300x
Won the first five slaloms; and record six slaloms in total	View from the finish area

Women's events

No.	Type	Season	Date	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
1529	GS	2016/17	26 November 2016	Tessa Worley	Nina Løseth	Sofia Goggia	^[4]
1530	SL	2016/17	27 November 2016	Mikaela Shiffrin	Veronika Velez-Zuzulová	Wendy Holdener	^[5]
1566	GS	2017/18	25 November 2017	Viktoria Rebensburg	Mikaela Shiffrin	Manuela Mölgg	^[6]
1567	SL	2017/18	26 November 2017	Mikaela Shiffrin	Petra Vlhová	Bernadette Schild	^[7]
1604	GS	2018/19	24 November 2018	Federica Brignone	Ragnhild Mowinckel	Stephanie Brunner	^[8]
1605	SL	2018/19	25 November 2018	Mikaela Shiffrin	Petra Vlhová	Frida Hansdotter	^[9]
1639	GS	2019/20	30 November 2019	Marta Bassino	Federica Brignone	Mikaela Shiffrin	^[10]
1640	SL	2019/20	1 December 2019	Mikaela Shiffrin	Petra Vlhová	Anna Swenn-Larsson	^[11]
	GS	2020/21	28 November 2020	North American Tour cancelled before the season; due to the COVID-19 pandemic
	SL	2020/21	29 November 2020
	GS	2021/22	27 November 2021	cancelled after 9 racers, strong wind; replaced in Courchevel on 22 December 2021
1702	SL	2021/22	28 November 2021	Mikaela Shiffrin	Petra Vlhová	Wendy Holdener	^[12]
1737	GS	2022/23	26 November 2022	Lara Gut-Behrami	Marta Bassino	Sara Hector	^[13]
1738	SL	2022/23	27 November 2022	Wendy Holdener Anna Swenn-Larsson		Katharina Truppe	^[14]
1776	GS	2023/24	25 November 2023	Lara Gut-Behrami	Alice Robinson	Mikaela Shiffrin	^[15]
1777	SL	2023/24	26 November 2023	Mikaela Shiffrin	Petra Vlhová	Wendy Holdener	^[16]
1815	GS	2024/25	30 November 2024	Sara Hector	Zrinka Ljutić	Camille Rast
1816	SL	2024/25	1 December 2024	Camille Rast	Anna Swenn-Larsson Wendy Holdener

Trail

The course is situated on a black diamond trail of the same name, consisting of three separate sections: headwall, middle, and lower, moguls line the side of the trail. It is known for enabling one of the longest ski/snowboard seasons in North America, relying on ambitious snowmaking efforts.^[17]^[18]