<\/p>\n
Aspen will be back on the International Ski Federation World Cup calendar next year, it was announced Thursday morning.<\/p>\n
According to a post on the FIS Alpine World Cup Tour Facebook page, the men’s giant slalom and slalom will return to Aspen on March 2-3, 2024, the penultimate stop of the season before the world championships in Saalbach, Austria.<\/p>\n
The schedule marks a pivot in Aspen events from this year, which included two downhills and a super-G over the three days.<\/p>\n
Aspen was not on the women’s schedule, which will only come to the U.S. Nov. 25-26 in Killington, Vermont.<\/p>\n
The World Cup returned to America’s Downhill this year after a five-year hiatus following the 2017 World Championships. The hill saw some history on its return to the circuit, although the first day was canceled due to weather. Sweden’s Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, just hours after his then-girlfriend-now-wife and local favorite Mikaela Shiffrin clinched the overall women’s season title, became the first skier to win six downhill events in a single season. <\/p>\n
Aspen will be the third American stop on the tour immediately following Palisades Tahoe on February 24-25 and Beaver Creek on December 1-3. Athletes had previously expressed a desire to consolidate all American races into one trip to avoid having to travel back and forth to Europe. This was not achieved in this schedule.<\/p>\n
“I hope we can find a good solution,” Kilde said in March. \u201cHaving to travel twice a year is a bit of a hassle, but I think if we could do some sort of American tour and have Aspen, that would be great.<\/p>\n
The season begins in Solden, Austria, on October 28-29 for both men and women, and concludes with the World Championships in Saalbach on March 16-24.<\/p>\n
This story will be updated.<\/p>\n