List of bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton tracks
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Works Progress Administration poster from the late 1930s to advertise public access to the bobsled run from the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York.
There are a total of seventeen bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton tracks around the world in use for competitions in winter bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton, including the Yanqing track in China built to host the 2022 Winter Olympics. All of the current tracks on this list except St. Moritz, Switzerland, which is naturally refrigerated, are constructed of reinforced concrete and use artificial refrigeration to cool the track down prior to its run.
Artificial tracks
Current tracks
Country | Track | Length (m) | Vertical Drop (m) | Average Grade (%) | Maximum Grade (%) | Bobsleigh / skeleton curves | Luge men's singles curves | Luge women's singles / men's doubles curves | Winter Olympics | Current Track Completed / First Run (year) |
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Igls[1] | 1,228 | 124 | 9.0 | 18.0 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 1964, 1976 | 1963 |
Imst[2] | 1,000.9 | 124.8 | 12.48 | 17 | 1958 | |||||
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Whistler[3] | 1,450 | 148 | 9.0 | 20.0 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 2010 | 2007 |
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Yanqing[4] | 1975 | 121 | 6.0 | 18.0 | 16 | 16 | 2022 | 2020[5] | |
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La Plagne[6] | 1507.5 | 124 | 8.0 | 14.0 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 1992 | 1990 |
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Altenberg[7][8] | 1,413 | 122.22 | 8.66 | 15.0 | 17 | 17 | 15 / 11 | 1983 | |
Königssee[9] | 1,251.2 | 120 | 9.0 | 10.35 | 13 / 12 | 16 | 12 | 1968 | ||
Oberhof[10] | 1,069.70 | 96.37 | 9.2 | 36.4 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 1971 | ||
Winterberg[11] | 1,330 | 110 | 9.8 | 15.0 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 1977 | ||
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Nagano | 1,360 | 113 | 8.64 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 1998 | 1997 | |
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Pyeongchang[12] | 1,376.38 | 116.32 | 9.48 | 25.0 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 2018 | 2016 |
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Sigulda[13] | 1,200 | 99 | 8.0 | 9.3 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 1986 | |
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Lillehammer[14] | 1,365 | 114.3 | 8.0 | 15.0 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 1994 | 1992 |
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Sochi[15] | 1,500 | 124 | 20.0 | 22.0 | 19 | 20 | 17 | 2014 | 2013 |
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St. Moritz[16] | 1,722 | 130 | 8.14 | 15.0 | 19 | 1928, 1948 | 1903 | ||
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Lake Placid[17] | 1,455 | 128 | 9.8 | 20.0 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 1932, 1980 | 1930 |
Park City[18] | 1,335 | 103.9 | 8.1 | 15.0 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 2002 | 1997 |
Planned tracks
Country | Track | Length (m) | Vertical Drop (m) | Average Grade (%) | Maximum Grade (%) | Bobsleigh-skeleton curves | Luge men's singles curves | Luge women's singles/ men's doubles curves | Winter Olympics | Current Track Completed / First Run (year) |
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Italy | Cortina d'Ampezzo | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | 2026 | TBD |
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Bludenz | 700 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
Former tracks
Country | Track | Length (m) | Vertical Drop (m) | Average Grade (%) | Bobsleigh curves | Luge men's singles curves | Luge women's singles /
men's doubles curves |
Opened | Closed | Winter Olympics |
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Trebević[20] | 1,300 | 125.9 | 10.2 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 1982 | 1991 | 1984 |
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Calgary | 1,475 | 121.48 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 1986 | 2019 | 1988 |
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Alpe d'Huez | 140 | 6 | 1940s ? | 1950s ? | none | ||||
Alpe d'Huez (olympic track) | 1,500 | 140 | 9.33 | 13 | 1967 | 1968 | 1968 (Bobsleigh) | |||
Chamonix | 1,369.88 | 156.29 | 11.4 | 19 | 1923 | 1950 | 1924 | |||
Villard-de-Lans | 1,000 | 110 | 11 | 11 | 1967 | 1971 | 1968 (Luge) | |||
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Garmisch-Partenkirchen | 1,525 | 129.43 | 8.49 | 17 | 1910 | 1960 | 1936 | ||
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Cesana[21] | 1,435 | 117 | 9.2 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 2005 | 2012 | 2006 |
Cervinia | 1,520 | 142 | 9.34 | 15 | 1963 | 1991 | ||||
Cortina d'Ampezzo (bobsleigh and skeleton only) | 1,350 | 120.45 | 15.9 | 13 | 1923 | 2008 | 1956 | |||
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Teineyama | 1,536 | 132 | 8.4 | 14 | 1971 | 1990 | 1972 bobsleigh | ||
Teineyama | 1,023 | 101 | 9.9 | 14 | 11 | 1971 | 1972 | 1972 luge | ||
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Oslo | 1,507.5 | 124.35 | 8.6 | 13 | 1951 | 1952 | 1952 | ||
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Szklarska Poręba (Schreiberhau) | 2100 | 1925 | 1939/40 | ||||||
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Sinaia[22] | 1500 | 132 | 13 | 1970 | 2009 | ||||
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Paramonovo | 1600 | 105 | 15 | 19 | 2010 | 2016 (not iced since) | |||
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Hammarstrand | 1,045 | 11 | 8 | 1963 | 2001 |
Natural luge tracks
Please see List of natural luge tracks
These are tracks adapted from existing mountain roads and paths. Artificial banking and refrigeration are prohibited.
References
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- ^ "F.I.L. 2015-2016 Events Schedule, Artificial Track Luge, National Competitions with International Participation" (PDF). FÉDÉRATION INTERNATIONALE DE LUGE DE COURSE. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
- ^ "IBSF | Tracks". 2021-01-16. Archived from the original on 2021-01-16. Retrieved 2021-10-24.
- ^ "IBSF | Tracks". 2021-02-09. Archived from the original on 2021-02-09. Retrieved 2021-10-24.
- ^ "Pre-homologation test runs at YanQing Olympic Sliding Center successfully finished". 2021-06-28. Archived from the original on 2021-06-28. Retrieved 2021-10-24.
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- ^ "Rennschlitten- und Bobbahn Altenberg - Bahninfo, Geschichte und Technik". Bobbahn-altenberg.de. Retrieved 2014-02-17.
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- ^ "IBSF | Tracks". 2021-01-16. Archived from the original on 2021-01-16. Retrieved 2021-10-24.
- ^ "IBSF | Tracks". 2021-01-20. Archived from the original on 2021-01-20. Retrieved 2021-10-24.
- ^ "IBSF | Tracks". 2021-01-16. Archived from the original on 2021-01-16. Retrieved 2021-10-24.
- ^ "IBSF | Tracks". 2021-04-11. Archived from the original on 2021-04-11. Retrieved 2021-10-24.
- ^ "IBSF | Tracks". 2021-04-11. Archived from the original on 2021-04-11. Retrieved 2021-10-24.
- ^ "IBSF | Tracks". 2021-01-16. Archived from the original on 2021-01-16. Retrieved 2021-10-24.
- ^ "Rodelbahn Bludenz".
- ^ "Initiated activities for revitalization and reconstruction of the Trebević bobsleigh track". Retrieved 22 April 2022.
- ^ "Turin 2006 luge track closing due to high costs". ESPN.com. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
- ^ "SINAIA BOBSLEIGH / SKELETON TRACK, PRAHOVA COUNTY, ROMANIA". 4 June 2018.