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 (Pirmin Zurbriggen, Maria Walliser, Erika Hess, and Peter Müller) 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 1987 KB(SL) 27 January 1987 (DH) 1 February 1987 Marc Girardelli Pirmin Zurbriggen Günther MaderDH31 January 1987 Peter Müller Pirmin Zurbriggen Karl AlpigerSL8 February 1987 Frank Wörndl Günther Mader Armin Bittner
Women's events EventTypeDateGoldSilverBronze 1987 SL7 February 1987 Erika Hess Roswitha Steiner Mateja Svet
World Cup
Men TypeSeasonDateWinnerSecondThird295 SL 1978/79 9 January 1979 Christian Neureuther Petar Popangelov Karl Trojer296 DH 14 January 1979 Toni Bürgler Peter Müller Ken Read297 SL 15 January 1979 Paul Frommelt Andreas Wenzel Ingemar Stenmark 298 KB 15 January 1979 Phil Mahre Andreas Wenzel Piero Gros389 DH 1981/82 21 December 1981 Steve Podborski Peter Müller Ken Read545 SG 1985/86 3 February 1986 Peter Müller Pirmin Zurbriggen Markus Wasmeier546 KB 7 December 1985 3 February 1986 Peter Müller Michael Mair Karl Alpiger547 SG 5 February 1986 Marc Girardelli Markus Wasmeier Peter Müller758 GS 1991/92 20 March 1992 Alberto Tomba Kjetil André Aamodt Didrik Marksten759 SL 22 March 1992 Alberto Tomba Paul Accola Finn Christian Jagge814 GS 1993/94 18 January 1994 Jan Einar Thorsen Mitja Kunc Rainer Salzgeber967 DH1997/98 13 March 1998 Josef Strobl Didier Cuche Fritz Strobl968 GS 14 March 1998 Stephan Eberharter Hans Knauß Hermann Maier969 SL 15 March 1998 Alberto Tomba Hans Petter Buraas Finn Christian Jagge1476 SG2011/12 24 February 2012 Didier Cuche Jan Hudec Benjamin Raich1477 SG 25 February 2012 Benjamin Raich Adrien Théaux Didier Cuche1478 GS 26 February 2012 Massimiliano Blardone Marcel Hirscher Hannes Reichelt 1953 DH2024/25 22 February 2025 Franjo von Allmen Marco Odermatt Alexis Monney1954 SG 23 February 2025 Marco Odermatt Alexis Monney Dominik Paris 1992 DH2025/26 1 February 2026 Franjo von Allmen Dominik Paris Ryan Cochran-Siegle
Women TypeSeasonDateWinnerSecondThird238 DH 1976/77 25 January 1977 Brigitte Totschnig Evi Mittermaier Annemarie Moser-Pröll239 SL 26 January 1977 Perrine Pelen Lise-Marie Morerod Fabienne Serrat 240 KB 27 January 1977 Marie-Theres Nadig Annemarie Moser-Pröll Hanni Wenzel340 DH 1980/81 19 January 1981 341 SL 21 January 1981 Erika Hess Christin Cooper Hanni Wenzel342 KB 21 January 1981 Christa Kinshofer Erika Hess Christin Cooper508 DH 1985/86 1 February 1986 Laurie Graham Brigitte Örtli Katrin Gutensohn509 DH 2 February 1986 Katrin Gutensohn Maria Walliser Zoë Haas702 SG 1991/92 19 March 1992 Carole Merle Merete Fjeldavlie Zoe Haas703 GS 21 March 1992 Carole Merle Blanca Fernández Ochoa Corinne Rey-Bellet844 SL1996/97 21 December 1996 Claudia Riegler Pernilla Wiberg Patricia Chauvet899 SL 1997/98 14 March 1998 Urška Hrovat Martina Ertl Hilde Gerg 900 GS 15 March 1998 Alexandra Meissnitzer Martina Ertl Deborah Compagnoni 1247 DH 2007/08 8 March 2008 Lindsey Vonn Renate Götschl Nadia Fanchini1248 SC 9 March 2008 Anja Pärson Maria Riesch Lindsey Vonn SC2009/10 5 March 2010 high winds1312 DH 6 March 2010 Lindsey Vonn Johanna Schnarf Marianne Abderhalden1313 SG 7 March 2010 Dominique Gisin Lindsey Vonn Julia Mancuso
References
External links Crans Montana (official)