Piste Nationale


Nationale is a World Cup downhill ski course in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, opened in 1940.
Crans-Montana hosted the World Championships in 1987, and Swiss racers dominated in front of the home crowd, winning eight of the ten events and fourteen of the thirty medals.
In addition to Nationale, two nearby ski courses also hosted events at those World Championships; the nearby "Mont Lachaux" was the women's downhill course and "Chetzeron" in Crans village.

Course

The course's World Cup debut came in January 1977, with women's events in downhill, slalom, and combined.
The men's World Cup events on this slope premiered in 1979 with slalom.

Sections

  • Dévers De Bellaui
  • Cassure De Cry D'er
  • Plat De Houlés
  • Mur De Mélèzes
  • L'Étoile
  • Saut Des 4000

    World Championships

Men's events

EventTypeDateGoldSilverBronze
1987KB' 27 January 1987
' 1 February 1987

Women's events

World Cup

Men

Women