★ Lauberhorn Races

01Por qué es relevante

Wengen and Kitzbuhel are the two races that define the speed season, and they are deliberately consecutive: the Lauberhorn in the middle weekend of January, the Hahnenkamm the week after. The Lauberhorn is the older and the longer, and among racers it is the one that tests endurance rather than nerve alone. In our reading, its place in the social calendar is quieter and better for it: a car-free village of 1,300 residents cannot absorb Kitzbuhel's crowds, so the week stays legible, the finish arena is reachable on foot from anywhere in the village, and the ceremonies happen in the middle of it rather than in a fenced compound.

02La semana en torno al evento

Mid-January is the heart of the Jungfrau region's season and the race weekend is its busiest point. The Jungfrau Ski Region - Wengen, Grindelwald, Murren and the Kleine Scheidegg link - runs at capacity, and the Lauberhorn slope itself is closed to the public from the start of training on Tuesday, which pushes skiers onto the Mannlichen and Kleine Scheidegg side. The Wengernalpbahn adds services and still runs full; the walk from the station down to Innerwengen is the main artery of the weekend. What is public here is unusually broad. The Weltcup Village in the middle of Wengen is open through the evenings, the bib draws at quarter past six on Thursday, Friday and Saturday and the awards ceremonies at seven are open-air occasions in the village, and the Patrouille Suisse flypast can be watched from anywhere with a view of the finish. Grindelwald and Lauterbrunnen fill with people who could not get a bed in Wengen and come up for the day.

03Cuándo llegar

Come Thursday. The last training run, the Super-G bib draw that evening and Friday's race give the weekend its shape, and Thursday is the last day the trains are comfortable. Saturday is the downhill and the fullest day by a wide margin. Sunday's slalom finishes in the early afternoon, which makes a Sunday evening departure possible, though a Monday morning train down is more civilized. Anyone continuing to Kitzbuhel for the following weekend has a natural week in between to ski.

04Dónde alojarse

Wengen itself, if you can get in - the village is small, car-free and entirely walkable to the finish arena, and its hotels are booked far ahead for the race weekend. Grindelwald, on the other side of the Kleine Scheidegg, has far more rooms and a direct rail connection to the course. Lauterbrunnen, in the valley below, is the closest alternative and the cheapest, ten minutes by cog railway. Murren, car-free and higher, is a quieter option for people who want the Jungfrau without the crowd. Interlaken, forty minutes away, has the largest supply and is what most day visitors use.

05Acceso y hospitalidad

The organizer publishes six categories and prices them openly. The Lauberhorn-Ticket is the standard admission, from CHF 25 to CHF 330 depending on day and location, valid at the start, at Girmschbiel or at Innerwengen, with large screens and an optional ski-pass add-on. The Grandstand-Ticket covers standing room on the uncovered grandstand at the Innerwengen finish arena, from CHF 45 to CHF 280, with children's rates from six to fifteen. Above those, the Gold Card gives reserved access at Girmschbiel or Innerwengen with catering, from CHF 290 to CHF 870 for one to three days; the SWISS Lounge is a rooftop terrace over the finish area at CHF 610 to CHF 790; Canadian Corner is a platform on the course itself above 1,800 metres at CHF 790 to CHF 1,030, offered on the Super-G Friday and downhill Saturday; and the Home of Legends Lounge at CHF 175 a day covers the evening bib draw and awards ceremony with Weltcup Village access. Children under six are admitted free. Tickets are sold online only and require a booking profile; for 2027 they open on 2 November 2026.

06Dónde tiene lugar la actividad social

The Weltcup Village in the centre of Wengen, open into the early hours on Friday and Saturday; the finish arena at Innerwengen; the terraces along the main street and the hotel bars, which are the village's whole evening infrastructure. On the mountain, the restaurants at Kleine Scheidegg and Wengernalp are where the day starts and pauses. The bib draws and awards ceremonies are the largest open gatherings of the weekend and cost nothing to attend.

07Cómo llegar

08Aspectos prácticos

09Historia

Racing on this mountain goes back to 1912 and the Roberts of Kandahar challenge cup, one of the first downhill competitions anywhere; by 1927 the meeting was known as the Lauberhorn Ski Cup. It is among the oldest continuously held ski races and has been on the men's World Cup calendar since the circuit began. The course has been modified repeatedly - the Silberhornsprung was introduced in 2003, and the measured length has changed with it - but the line down the Wengernalp and through the trees to Innerwengen is essentially the one racers have taken for ninety years. The organizer bills the 2027 meeting as the 97th International Lauberhorn Races.

10Quién está ahí

Swiss spectators in the majority, with strong Austrian, German, Italian and Scandinavian contingents; the alpine racing community and its federations and manufacturers; British visitors, who have a long connection to Wengen through the Downhill Only Club and the Kandahar tradition; corporate hospitality at a smaller scale than Kitzbuhel; and families, helped by free entry for under-sixes and reduced rates for children.