January 27–30, 2027

FIS Para Snowboard World Cup: Crazy Curves 2027

From January 27 to 30, 2027, Kühtai will host the FIS PARA Snowboard World Cup for the second time.
The TI Snow team, together with the FIS PARA World Cup coordinator and the Kühtai Mountain Railways, has selected an ideal slope at the Alpenrosenlift for the banked cross slalom, which perfectly meets the requirements of this World Cup competition.

Para snowboarding is a very young and up-and-coming sport that made its debut at the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi. In this sport, athletes with impairments of the lower and upper extremities compete exclusively against one another in a race against the clock. Athletes with leg amputations use prosthetics to practice their sport. Maintaining balance poses a particular challenge for athletes with impairments of the upper extremities.

In the Banked Cross Slalom, athletes navigate a course featuring steep turns, hills, and jumps. They have three attempts to qualify for the final. The fastest run counts toward the final score.
With World Cup stops all over the world (Finland, the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Canada), this is the first competition of its kind in Austria for this young, up-and-coming sport.

TI Snow—which has more than 25 years of experience in alpine, cross, and freestyle competitions—will be making its debut in the world of Paralympic disciplines with the contest in Kühtai.