The races will be the first stop of the men’s World Cup season in North America and the only women’s race in the U.S. for the 2025-2026 season. The Colorado event replaces the women’s regular stop in Killington, Vermont, if approved by the FIS Council this spring.

Hosting both the women’s and men’s competitions is a rare opportunity for ski racing fans to witness the world’s top athletes at the same location.

The U.S. Ski Team on Tuesday issued the following press release on Copper Mountain hosting both men’s and women’s alpine World Cup races Nov. 27-30: The Stifel U.S. Alpine Ski Team and Copper Mountain Resort announced today that World Cup alpine racing will be hosted at Colorado’s Athlete’s Mountain for the first time featuring both

Copper Mountain will be the first U.S. stop to host men's and women's regular season races on the same weekend in 23 years.

The mountain located about 70 miles west of Denver will host the men's and women's World Cup alpine racing competitions in November.