2026 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's giant slalom

The women's giant slalom in the 2026 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup is scheduled to consist of ten events, including the final.^[1] According to the initial schedule released on 12 June 2025, the season is scheduled to begin with the traditional opener: a giant slalom on the Rettenbach ski course, located on the Rettenbach glacier in Sölden, Austria, on 25 October 2025.^[2] The next three giant slaloms will take place in North America in late November and early December, including the first World Cup visit to Copper Mountain (Colorado) for the women since 1999, after which the remainder of the races will be held in Europe, including a return to the slopes of Czechia's Špindlerův Mlýn on 24 January 2026 for the first time in three years.^[2]

The season will be interrupted for the quadrennial 2026 Winter Olympics in three regions in Italy -- Milan, the Stelvio Pass, and Cortina d'Ampezzo—during 6–22 February 2026.^[3] Except for slalom, the Alpine skiing events for women are scheduled to take place on the classic Olimpia delle Tofane course at Cortina d'Ampezzo.^[4] The championship in women's giant slalom is scheduled to be held on Sunday, 15 February.

Due to an injury suffered at the end of last season, defending discipline champion Federica Brignone of Italy was considered likely to miss most of, if not all of, the 2025-26 Alpine season.^[5] With Brignone on hand for the traditional season-opening race in Sölden, Austria, 27-year-old Austrian skier Julia Scheib, who had finished third in the race last year for her first-ever World Cup individual podium, grabbed a lead of well over a second on the first run and then held on for her first-ever World Cup victory, which also represented the first victory by an Austrian woman in a World Cup giant slalom race since March 2016.^[6] In the next race, across the pond in Copper Mountain (U.S.), Scheib almost pulled off a second straight victory (and retained the overall lead in the discipline), but instead New Zealand's Alice Robinson, the first run leader, held form and became the first woman not from Europe or North America to record five World Cup race victories.^[7] Remaining in North America for two races at Tremblant (Canada) the next week, the first race saw Robinson pulling off a back-to-back victory by almost a second over Zrinka Ljutić of Croatia, who moved into third place for the season as Robinson took over the discipline lead.^[8] The next day, Scheib bounced back (after crashing the first day) to claim her second victory of the season by about half a second, although Robinson (who finished on the podium in third) narrowly retained the discipline lead.^[9] In the last giant slalom of the calendar year, though, in Semmering, Austria, Scheib won for the second time this season in front of a home crowd by edging Switzerland's Camille Rast, which enabled her to regain the discipline lead over Robinson, who failed to complete her first run.^[10]

In the first race of the new year the following week at Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, Robinson again failed to complete the first run, and Scheib and Rast again battled for the win, except this time Rast came out on top by 0.2 seconds for her first giant slalom victory; Rast, who like all members of the Swiss team wore a black armband during the race, then dedicated her victory to the victims of a New Year's Eve fire in Crans-Montana, a prominent skiing area in her home canton.^[11] The day before the next giant slalom at Kronplatz, Italy, on 20 January came another return: Brignone, who said that she had only been training on skis for 13 days after her surgery and recovery but wanted the race to see where she stood physically less than one month before the Olympic Games: "Then we arrived to this conclusion when we said, “OK, it’s maybe good for me to try’".^[12] But she did more than "try" at Kronplatz, as her sixth-place finish, the top by an Italian on the home snow, ensured her selection for the Italian Olympic team.^[13] In the race, Scheib closed from third after the first run to overtake both Rast and Sweden's Sara Hector, the first-run leader, for her fourth victory of the season and a commanding 138-point lead in the discipline standings.^[13] Just a few days later at Špindlerův Mlýn, Czechia, however, Scheib skied out and failed to finish her second run, and Hector maintained her opening-run lead to earn her first win of the season, narrowly edging the two fastest racers on the second run: Americans Paula Moltzan and Mikaela Shiffrin (who earned her first podium in giant slalom in two years; the last was the week before the first of her two serious injuries over those seasons).^[14] With only two races left in the discipline for the season (both after the Olympics), the only three people still with a chance to win the season discipline title are Scheib, Rast (89 points behind). and Hector (131 points behind); since a maximum of only 200 points remains, Shiffrin (fourth, 209 points behind) and everyone else are locked out.

At the Winter Olympics, on a relatively flat course in Cortina, the skiers finishing second through ninth were separated by less than 0.2 seconds, but Brignone, making a dream comeback, blew out the field, winning by over 0.6 seconds to improve from a silver medal in the discipline at the 2022 Olympics to a gold now, with 2022 gold medalist Hector and Norway's Thea Louise Stjernesund tying for the silver.^[15]

The World Cup finals in the discipline are scheduled to take place on Wednesday, 25 March 2026 on the Olympialøypa course at Hafjell, near Lillehammer, Norway.^[16] Only the top 25 skiers in the World Cup giant slalom discipline and the winner of the 2026 FIS Junior World Championships in the discipline, plus any skiers who have scored at least 500 points in the World Cup overall classification for the season, will be eligible to compete in the final, and only the top 15 will earn World Cup points.

	Venue	25 Oct 2025 Sölden	29 Nov 2025 Copper Mountain	6 Dec 2025 Tremblant	7 Dec 2025 Tremblant	27 Dec 2025 Semmering	3 Jan 2026 Kranjska Gora	20 Jan 2026 Kronplatz	24 Jan 2026 Špindlerův Mlýn	15 Feb 2026 Cortina d'Ampezzo	14 Mar 2026 Åre	25 Mar 2026 Hafjell
#	Skier												Total
1	Julia Scheib	100	80	DNF1	100	100	80	100	DNF2	⑤			560
2	Camille Rast	16	45	50	50	80	100	80	50	⑫			471
3	Sara Hector	29	50	DNF1	80	60	50	60	100	②			429
4	Mikaela Shiffrin	50	18	40	50	40	45	50	60	⑪			353
5	Alice Robinson	32	100	100	60	DNF1	DNF1	20	DNQ	⑧			312
	Paula Moltzan	80	DNF2	20	40	DNF2	60	32	80	⑮			312
7	Thea Louise Stjernesund	45	60	DNF2	32	29	16	36	6	②			224
8	Valérie Grenier	24	20	60	DNF1	50	29	29	DNF1	⑬			212
9	Zrinka Ljutić	26	36	80	36	20	9	DNQ	DNF2	⑰			207
10	Maryna Gąsienica-Daniel	14	16	18	15	45	36	45	DNF2	⑦			189
11	Lara Della Mea	DNF1	4	29	29	36	26	26	36	④			186
12	Nina O'Brien	40	24	26	DNF2	DNF1	32	DNF2	45	⑳			167
13	Britt Richardson	11	15	16	22	24	22	24	29	㉖			163
14	Lara Colturi	36	22	8	16	DNF2	40	11	22	⑯			155
15	Lena Dürr	18	40	10	26	26	13	10	9	⑨			152
16	Sofia Goggia	DNF1	14	32	24	32	24	DNF1	DNS	⑩			126
17	Stephanie Brunner	8	6	24	11	DNF1	10	14	15	DNF2			88
18	Nina Astner	7	8	13	DNQ	22	DNQ	15	20	⑱			85
19	Mina Fürst Holtmann	10	32	15	14	13	DNF1	DNF1	DNF1	⑥			84
20	Asja Zenere	14	29	DNQ	20	DNQ	DNQ	16	DNF1	⑭			79
21	Estelle Alphand	DNQ	11	36	DNQ	DNF1	13	12	5	㉗			77
22	Katharina Liensberger	4	26	7	18	18	DNS						73
23	Vanessa Kasper	2	5	DNQ	12	9	DNQ	18	24	㉓			70
	Wendy Holdener	1	13	14	7	16	8	DNQ	11	DNS			70
25	Sue Piller	DNQ	DNQ	11	3	DNQ	11	4	40	㉔			69
26	Clara Direz	6	3	45	DNF2	14	DNF1	DNF2	DNQ	DNF1			68
	AJ Hurt	20	DNS			10	6	DNF1	32	DNF1			68
28	Emma Aicher	3	DNQ	22	DNQ	12	DNQ	DNS	26	⑲			63
29	Lara Gut-Behrami	60	DNS									NE	60
30	Elisabeth Bocock	12	DNF1	DNF1	DNF1	DNF1	18	22	DNF1	DNS			52
31	Madeleine Sylvester-Davik	DNQ	DNQ	9	10	DNQ	20	DNQ	10	㉕			49
32	Federica Brignone	DNS						40	DNS	①			40
33	Franziska Gritsch	DNQ	13	6	DNQ	6	DNQ	13	DNQ	DNS			38
34	Cassidy Gray	DNQ	DNF1	4	DNQ	DNF1	15	DNF1	18	DNF1			37
35	Ricarda Haaser	DNS				11	7	5	12	DNS			35
36	Kajsa Vickhoff Lie	15	DNF1	DNS		15	DNS			DNF2			30
37	Fabiana Dorigo	DNQ	DNQ	DNF1	8	DNF1	DNQ	6	14	DNS			28
38	Hanna Aronsson Elfman	DNQ	10	DNS		DNQ	DNF1	DNQ	16	㉑			26
39	Ilaria Ghisalberti	DNQ	DNQ	5	4	DNQ	3	DNQ	13	DNS			25
40	Ana Bucik Jogan	DNQ	7	DNF1	5	9	2	DNQ	DNQ	DNF2			23
41	Katie Hensien	22	DNS					DNF1	DNF1	DNS			22
42	Doriane Escané	DNF1	DNQ	DNQ	DNF1	DNQ	14	DNQ	7	㉒			21
	Hilma Lövblom	DNF1	DNQ	DNF1	13	DNF1	DNQ	8	DNF2	DNS			21
	Erika Pykalainen	9	DNQ	12	DNF1	DNF1	DNF1	DNQ	DNQ	DNS			21
45	Dania Allenbach	DNS					4	9	DNQ	DNS			13
46	Lisa Hörhager	DNF1	9	3	DNQ	DNS				DNF2			12
	Alice Pazzaglia	DNS				4	1	7	DNS				12
48	Victoria Olivier	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	9	DNQ	DNS						9
49	Giorgia Collomb	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNF2	DNQ	DNF1	8	DNS			8
50	Jana Fritz	DNS				7	DNQ	DNS					7
	Simone Wild	DNS	DNQ	2	DNQ	DNQ	5	DNQ	DNF1	DNS			7
52	Viktoria Bürgler	DNQ	DNQ	DNF1	6	DNF1	DNF1	DNS					6
53	Neja Dvornik	5	DNS									NE	5
	Justine Lamontagne	DNF1	DNF1	DNQ	DNF1	5	DNQ	DNQ	DNF1	㉘			5
55	Camille Cerutti	DNF1	2	DNQ	DNQ	DNF1	DNS			DNF2			2
56	Francesca Baruzzi Farriol	DNQ	DNQ	DNF1	DNQ	DNF1	DNQ	DNQ	DNF1	㉙			0
	Ambra Pomarè	DNS				DNQ	0	DNQ	DNS				0
	References	[17]	[18]	[19]	[20]	[21]	[22]	[23]	[24]	[25]

•   Winner (100 points)
•   2nd place (80 points)
•   3rd place (60 points)
• DNQ = Did not qualify for run 2
• DNF1 = Did not finish run 1
• DSQ1 = Disqualified run 1
• DNF2 = Did not finish run 2
• DSQ2 = Disqualified run 2
• DNS2 = Did not start run 2
•   Did not start (DNS)
•   Not eligible for finals (NE)
•   Race canceled (x)
•   FIS non-World Cup race (Olympics)
• R# = Rescheduled (make-up) race
• Updated at 15 February 2026, after 8 races and the Olympics.^[26]

• 2026 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's summary rankings
• 2026 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's overall
• 2026 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's downhill
• 2026 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's super-G
• 2026 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's slalom
• World Cup scoring system

• Alpine skiing at FIS website