Downhill on Saturday 9 and Super-G on Sunday 10 January 2027 on La VolatA, the Col Margherita course at Passo San Pellegrino, both at 11:30: the women's World Cup speed races, with finish-area tickets from 10 euro and the shuttle bus included.
La VolatA is the Col Margherita course in the San Pellegrino Ski Area, at Passo San Pellegrino, 13 kilometres from Moena. It opened in 2017 and is named after Alberto Vendruscolo, a pioneer of the ski area. The downhill is 2,500 metres long, with 630 metres of vertical drop and gradients of up to 47 per cent, from the start at 2,510 metres to the finish at 1,880. The Super-G measures 2,400 metres with a 600-metre drop, starting at 2,480 metres and finishing at 1,880, like the downhill.
This is the fourth time Val di Fassa has hosted the women's World Cup speed races. In March 2026, on the same slope, three races brought three Italian wins: two for Laura Pirovano and one for Elena Curtoni. This time the races come in January, two months earlier in the calendar than in 2026: the stop was not in the original FIS calendar and was added after some withdrawals, as Peter Gerdol, general director of the FIS World Cup, explained. The organisers have enlarged and rebuilt the finish area and say the jumps will be less aggressive than in March, to suit midwinter snow and temperatures; the San Pellegrino Ski Area has also announced an upgrade of its snowmaking system.
In the finish area the Ski Village has music, DJ sets, sandwiches and a grill. The races are shown live on Rai, also streamed on RaiPlay, and on Eurosport. On 22 and 23 January, on the same pass, Park Monzoni hosts the Ski Cross World Cup: no admission ticket is needed, but the Costabella chairlift is at the spectator's own cost, on a ski pass or with a promotional return ticket.
Where Women's Ski World Cup in Val di Fassa (La VolatA) falls in the Dolomites year, and what happens in the other weeks: Best time to visit the Dolomites: a month-by-month guide.
Good to know
- Admission: Tickets are per race: grandstand (unreserved seats) 25 euro full price and 12 reduced, for ages 8 to 14; parterre (standing in the finish area) 10 euro and 5. Children under 8 go free, but their free ticket cannot be bought online: you ask the organisers for it by email. On top come a 1.50 euro booking fee and a service charge: 1.59 euro (0.81 reduced) in the grandstand, 0.69 (0.39 reduced) in the parterre. The ticket includes the shuttle bus to Passo San Pellegrino. Some stretches along the course can be watched for free.
- Programme: downhill training on Thursday 7 and Friday 8 January at 11:30. On Saturday 9 the Ski Village opens at 10:00, the downhill starts at 11:30, and at 18:00 the prize-giving and bib draw take place in Piaz de Sotegrava in Moena. On Sunday 10 the Village opens at 10:00 and the Super-G starts at 11:30.
- Tickets are sold online only, on Vivaticket, and are refunded only if the race is cancelled before it starts. Dogs are allowed on a short lead, with a muzzle if medium-sized or large.
- Shuttle buses for ticket holders, no booking needed: from Moena (sports ground) and from Canale d'Agordo, stopping at Falcade, outbound from 8:30 to 11:00 and back from 13:00 to 16:30. From the terminus to the grandstand it is a 7 to 10 minute walk on a snowy path; allow about 40 minutes in all. The valley ski bus also runs, free for holders of a race ticket for that day.
- Road and parking: on race days the SS346 over Passo San Pellegrino may be closed between 8:30 and 11:30, on the Trentino side from Ronchi (Alpe Lusia lifts) and on the Veneto side from the Passo Valles turn-off (update of 22 October 2026). Free parking at the pass is limited, near the Campigol, Costabella and Gigante chairlifts. The grandstand and parterre are at the bottom of the Col Margherita cable car, the only way into the finish area.
- On skis: the San Pellegrino Ski Area stays open apart from La VolatA. From the pass you reach the race area on the blue Del Passo run, from Falcade and Col Margherita on the red and black runs that cross La VolatA, and from Alpe Lusia (Ronchi) on the free ski shuttle for holders of a valid ski pass (Alpe Lusia-San Pellegrino, Valle Silver or Dolomiti Superski), every 30 minutes from 9:30 to 16:00.
Official website (tickets & info) ↗
Dates, times and prices change every year: always check the official pages before you go.