Alpine skiing has a long and rich tradition in Slovenia. After all, the first skis in Central Europe were made here, in Slovenia. They were initially used for transport and only later for sports.

World Cup competitions were soon put on the FIS calendar. And as a result, January 2024 will mark 60 years since the first competition took place at Maribor Pohorje Hills. In the past sixty years, numerous marvellous and inspiring stories have been written. The Golden Fox competition was traditionally organised in Maribor, and it has recently been “officially” moved to Kranjska Gora. In recent years, Maribor experienced many organisational problems, as it lacked sufficient quantities of snow due to climate change and the temperatures were not low enough for artificial snowmaking.

In the six decades, the competition was held eleven times in Kranjska Gora, once in Sarajevo and once in Bad Gastein. The Golden Fox was the venue where giant slalom took place in two runs for the first time in the history of women’s Alpine skiing (1972). There are a number of stories referring to the competition and people involved in it.

More about the jubilee edition of this prestigious women’s Alpine skiing competition you can read at slovenia.si