List of bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton tracks
Encyclopedia
In the world, there are a total of sixteen bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton tracks in use for competitions in bobsleigh
, luge
, and skeleton
. All of the tracks on this list except St. Moritz
, Switzerland
, which is naturally refrigerated, are constructed of reinforced concrete
and piped with ammonia
refrigeration
to cool the track down prior to its run.
These are tracks adopted from existing mountain roads and path. Artificial banking and refrigeration are prohibited.
Bobsleigh
Bobsleigh or bobsled is a winter sport in which teams of two or four make timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sled that are combined to calculate the final score....
, luge
Luge
A Luge is a small one- or two-person sled on which one sleds supine and feet-first. Steering is done by flexing the sled's runners with the calf of each leg or exerting opposite shoulder pressure to the seat. Racing sleds weigh 21-25 kilograms for singles and 25-30 kilograms for doubles. Luge...
, and skeleton
Skeleton (sport)
Skeleton is a fast winter sliding sport in which an individual person rides a small sled down a frozen track while lying face down, during which athletes experience forces up to 5g. It originated in St. Moritz, Switzerland as a spin-off from the popular British sport of Cresta Sledding...
. All of the tracks on this list except St. Moritz
St. Moritz
St. Moritz is a resort town in the Engadine valley in Switzerland. It is a municipality in the district of Maloja in the Swiss canton of Graubünden...
, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
, which is naturally refrigerated, are constructed of reinforced concrete
Reinforced concrete
Reinforced concrete is concrete in which reinforcement bars , reinforcement grids, plates or fibers have been incorporated to strengthen the concrete in tension. It was invented by French gardener Joseph Monier in 1849 and patented in 1867. The term Ferro Concrete refers only to concrete that is...
and piped with ammonia
Ammonia
Ammonia is a compound of nitrogen and hydrogen with the formula . It is a colourless gas with a characteristic pungent odour. Ammonia contributes significantly to the nutritional needs of terrestrial organisms by serving as a precursor to food and fertilizers. Ammonia, either directly or...
refrigeration
Refrigeration
Refrigeration is a process in which work is done to move heat from one location to another. This work is traditionally done by mechanical work, but can also be done by magnetism, laser or other means...
to cool the track down prior to its run.
Current tracks
Country | Track | Length (m) | Vertical Drop (m) |
Maximum Grade (%) |
Bobsleigh-skeleton curves | Luge men's singles curves | Luge women's singles/ men's doubles curves | Winter Olympics |
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Igls | 1 220 | 98.10 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 1964 1964 Winter Olympics The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Innsbruck, Austria, from January 29 to February 9, 1964... , 1976 1976 Winter Olympics The 1976 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XII Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated February 4–15, 1976 in Innsbruck, Austria... |
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Calgary Canada Olympic Park bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track The Canada Olympic Park bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track is a bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track located in Calgary, Canada. Part of Canada Olympic Park, it hosted the bobsleigh and luge competitions at the 1988 Winter Olympics... |
1 475 | 121.48 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 1988 1988 Winter Olympics The 1988 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XV Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event celebrated in and around Calgary, Alberta, Canada from 13 to 28 February 1988. The host was selected in 1981 after having beat Falun, Sweden and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy... |
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Whistler | 1 450 | 152 | 10.5 (average) | 16 | 16 | 14 | 2010 2010 Winter Olympics The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially the XXI Olympic Winter Games or the 21st Winter Olympics, were a major international multi-sport event held from February 12–28, 2010, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with some events held in the suburbs of Richmond, West Vancouver and the University... |
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La Plagne La Plagne bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track The La Plagne bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track is a bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track located in La Plagne, France. The track hosted the bobsleigh and luge competitions for the 1992 Winter Olympics located in neighboring Albertville.-History:... |
1 507.5 | 119 | 8.29 (average) | 19 | 15 | 14 | 1992 1992 Winter Olympics The 1992 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVI Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event celebrated from 8 to 23 February 1992 in Albertville, France. They were the last Winter Olympics to be held the same year as the Summer Olympics, and the first where the Winter Paralympics... , part of 2018 2018 Winter Olympics The 2018 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXIII Olympic Winter Games, is a winter multi-sport event scheduled to take place in Pyeongchang, South Korea, between 9 and 25 February 2018. The elected host city was announced on 6 July 2011 by the International Olympic Committee , after the... bid |
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Altenberg Altenberg bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track The Altenberg bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track is a venue for bobsleigh, luge and skeleton located in Altenberg, Germany.-History:Altenberg raced bobsleigh as early as 1908 on a natural track going downhill. By the late 1970s, the East Germans who were already successful in luge, began getting... |
1 413 | 122.22 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 16 (women's singles)/ 12 (men's doubles) | NA | |
Königssee Königssee bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track The Königssee bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track is a venue for bobsleigh, luge and skeleton located in Schönau am Königsee, Germany. It is located near Königssee... |
1 306 | 117 | 10.35 | 13 (bobsleigh)/ 12 (skeleton) | 16 | 12 | NA though part of 2018 bid | |
Oberhof Oberhof bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track The Oberhof bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track is a venue used for bobsled, luge and skeleton located in Oberhof, Germany.-History:Oberhof had been the home of sledding activities since 1905, mostly bobsleigh. In 1931, the facility hosted the first ever FIBT World Championships in the two-man... (luge only though it has run bobsleigh and skeleton in the past) |
1069.70 | 96.37 | 9.2 (average) | 15 | 15 | 12 | NA | |
Winterberg Winterberg bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track The Winterberg bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track is a bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track located in Winterberg, Germany. It is the only track of its kind in the world with a turn that has corporate sponsorship with turn seven being sponsored by Veltins, a German brewery who has its headquarters... |
1 330 | 110 | 15 (9.8% average) | 14 | 14 | 11 | NA | |
Cesana Cesana Pariol Cesana Pariol was the venue for bobsled, luge and skeleton during the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. The track, built for the games, is located in Cesana... |
1 435 | 117 | 9.2 (average) | 19 | 19 | 17 | 2006 2006 Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Turin, Italy from February 10, 2006, through February 26, 2006. This marked the second time Italy hosted the Olympic Winter Games, the first being the VII Olympic Winter... |
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Cortina d'Ampezzo Eugenio Monti track The Eugenio Monti track is a bobsleigh and skeleton track located in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. It is named after Eugenio Monti , who won six bobsleigh medals at the Winter Olympic Games between 1956 and 1968 and ten medals at the FIBT World Championships between 1957 and 1966... (bobsleigh and skeleton only) |
1 350 | 120.45 | 15.9 | 13 | NA | NA | 1956 1956 Winter Olympics The 1956 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VII Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event celebrated in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. This celebration of the Games was held from 26 January to 5 February 1956. Cortina, which had originally been awarded the 1944 Winter Olympics, beat out... |
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Nagano Spiral (bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton) The Spiral is a bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track located in Iizuna village, located north of Nagano, Japan. Used for the bobsleigh and luge competitions for the 1998 Winter Olympics, it is the only permanent bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track in Asia and the only one of its type in the world... |
1 360 | 113 | 8.64 (average) | 14 | 14 | 13 | 1998 1998 Winter Olympics The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially the XVIII Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event celebrated from 7 to 22 February 1998 in Nagano, Japan. Seventy-two nations and 2,176 participans contested in seven sports and 72 events at 15 venues. The games saw the introduction of Women's ice... |
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Sigulda Sigulda bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track The Sigulda bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track is located in Sigulda, Latvia. Currently, the track manager is Dainis Dukurs, former bobsleigh brakeman and the father of skeleton racers Martins and Tomass Dukurs.-History:... |
1 200 | Not given | Not given | 16 | 16 | 13 | NA | |
Lillehammer | 1 365 | 114.3 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 1994 1994 Winter Olympics The 1994 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVII Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event celebrated from 12 to 27 February 1994 in and around Lillehammer, Norway. Lillehammer failed to win the bid for the 1992 event. Lillehammer was awarded the games in 1988, after having beat... |
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Paramonovo Paramonovo bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track The Paramonovo bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track is a bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton located in Paramonovo, Russia, outside of Moscow.-History:... |
1 600 | 105.0 | 15 | 19 | - | - | NA | |
Rzhanaya Polyana Russian National Sliding Centre The Russian National Sliding Centre is a bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track that will be located in Rzhanaya Polyana, Russia, located 60 km northeast of Sochi... (under construction) |
- | 150 | - | 19 | 20 | 17 | 2014 2014 Winter Olympics The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially the XXII Olympic Winter Games, or the 22nd Winter Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event scheduled to be celebrated from 7 to 23 February 2014, in Sochi, Russia with some events held in the resort town of Krasnaya Polyana. Both the Olympic and... |
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St. Moritz St. Moritz-Celerina Olympic Bobrun The St. Moritz-Celerina Olympic Bobrun is a bobsleigh piste located in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Constructed in 1903, it officially opened on New Year's Day 1904 and is the oldest bobsleigh track in the world and the only one that is naturally refrigerated... (bobsleigh and skeleton only though it has run luge in the past) |
1 722 | 130 | 15 (8.14 average) | 16 | NA | NA | 1928 1928 Winter Olympics The 1928 Winter Olympics, officially known as the II Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated February 11–19, 1928 in St. Moritz, Switzerland. The 1928 Games were the first true Winter Olympics held on its own as they were not in conjunction with a Summer Olympics... , 1948 1948 Winter Olympics The 1948 Winter Olympics, officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event celebrated in 1948 in St. Moritz, Switzerland. The Games were the first to be celebrated after World War II; it had been twelve years since the last Winter Games in 1936... |
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Lake Placid | 1 455 | 107 | 9.8 (average) | 20 | 20 | 17 | 1932 1932 Winter Olympics The 1932 Winter Olympics, officially known as the III Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1932 in Lake Placid, New York, United States. The games opened on February 4 and closed on February 15. It would be the first winter olympics held in the United... , 1980 1980 Winter Olympics The 1980 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIII Olympic Winter Games, was a multi-sport event which was celebrated from 13 February through 24 February 1980 in Lake Placid, New York, United States of America. This was the second time the Upstate New York village hosted the Games, after 1932... |
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Park City Utah Olympic Park bobsleigh/luge/skeleton track The Utah Olympic Park Track is a bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track located in the Utah Olympic Park, near Park City, Utah, United States. During the 2002 Winter Olympics, held nearby in Salt Lake City, the track hosted the bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton events... |
1 340 | 103.9 | 8.1 (average) | 15 | 17 | 12 | 2002 2002 Winter Olympics The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event that was celebrated in February 2002 in and around Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Approximately 2,400 athletes from 77 nations participated in 78 events in fifteen disciplines, held throughout... |
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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 | Winter Olympics |
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Imst Imst Imst is a city in the Austrian federal state of Tyrol. It lies on the River Inn in western Tyrol, some 55 km west of Innsbruck and at an altitude of 828 m above sea-level... |
1000.9 | 124.8 | 12.48 | NA | 17 | Not given | NA | |
(formerly ) | Trebević Trebevic Trebević is a mountain in central Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is found directly to the southeast of Sarajevo, territory of East Sarajevo city, bordering Jahorina mountain. Trebević is 1627 meters tall, making it the second shortest of the Sarajevo mountains.During the Middle Ages, Trebević was... |
1300 | 125.9 | 10.2 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 1984 1984 Winter Olympics The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated from 8–19 February 1984 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. Other candidate cities were Sapporo, Japan; and Gothenburg, Sweden... |
Alpe d'Huez Alpe d'Huez L'Alpe d'Huez is a ski resort at . It is a mountain pasture in the Central French Alps, in the commune of Huez, in the Isère département in the Rhône-Alpes region.-Tour de France:L'Alpe d'Huez is one of the main mountains in the Tour de France... |
1500 | 140 | 9.33 | 13 | NA | NA | 1968 1968 Winter Olympics The 1968 Winter Olympics, officially known as the X Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1968 in Grenoble, France and opened on 6 February. Thirty-seven countries participated... bobsleigh |
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Chamonix La Piste de Bobsleigh des Pellerins La Piste de Bobsleigh des Pellerins was a bobsleigh track constructed for the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France.-Track statistics:... |
1369.88 | 156.29 | 11.4 | 19 | NA | NA | 1924 1924 Winter Olympics The 1924 Winter Olympics, officially known as the I Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was held in 1924 in Chamonix, France... |
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Villard-de-Lans Villard-de-Lans Villard-de-Lans is a commune in the Isère department in south-eastern France.The town is a centre for skiing in winter and hiking and hot air ballooning in other seasons.-1968 Winter Olympics:... |
1000 | 110 | 11 | NA | 11 | Not given | 1968 luge | |
Garmisch-Partenkirchen Riessersee Riessersee is a German lake located in southwest Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The lake itself hosted the ice hockey and speed skating events for the 1936 Winter Olympics. Adjacent to the lake, the bobsleigh event took place.-Bobsleigh track:... |
1525 | 129.43 | 8.49 | 17 | - | - | 1936 1936 Winter Olympics The 1936 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IV Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1936 in the market town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Bavaria, Germany. Germany also hosted the Summer Olympics the same year in Berlin... |
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Teineyama Teine-ku, Sapporo is one of the 10 wards in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan. The ward is located in northwest of Sapporo, which is neighboured to three other wards in Sapporo and two cities... |
1536 | 132 | 8.4 | 14 | NA | NA | 1972 1972 Winter Olympics The 1972 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XI Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated from February 3 to February 13, 1972 in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan... bobsleigh |
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Teineyama | 1023 | 101 | 9.9 | NA | 14 | 11 | 1972 luge | |
Oslo Korketrekkeren Korketrekkeren is a bobsleigh course used for the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo.The track was laid on the Frognerseter hill in time for the test runs to be performed in February 1951. Costing NOK 615,000 to complete, the track had 50 telephone lines of communications to keep up with the competition... |
1507.5 | 124.35 | 8.6 | 13 | NA | NA | 1952 1952 Winter Olympics The 1952 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VI Olympic Winter Games, took place in Oslo, Norway, from 14 to 25 February 1952. Discussions about Oslo hosting the Winter Olympic Games began as early as 1935; the city wanted to host the 1948 Games, but World War II made that impossible... |
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Hammarstrand Hammarstrand Hammarstrand is a locality and the seat of Ragunda Municipality in Jämtland County, Sweden with 1,061 inhabitants in 2005. The town is host to a bobsleigh and luge track... |
1045 | Not given | Not given | NA | 11 | 8 | NA | |
Natural luge tracks
Please see List of natural luge tracks.These are tracks adopted from existing mountain roads and path. Artificial banking and refrigeration are prohibited.