Planning the Lauberhorn 2027 race weekend from Wengen

The 97th International Lauberhorn Races run from Friday 15 to Sunday 17 January 2027: super-G on Friday, downhill on Saturday, slalom on Sunday. Tickets go on sale on 2 November 2026, so book your room in Wengen before that date. This guide covers the Lauberhorn 2027 programme, what tickets cost, where to stand on the course, how trains and roads change on race days, and how to run the weekend from a hotel about 1 minute on foot from Wengen station. For the course itself, the Hundschopf and the speed record, read our post on skiing in Wengen.

Dates and programme for Lauberhorn 2027

The organiser plans downhill training runs in the days before the races, but their dates and times are still provisional, so check the programme on lauberhorn.ch closer to the date. The super-G starts at 12:30 on Friday 15 January, the Lauberhorn downhill at 12:30 on Saturday 16 January, and the slalom runs at 10:00 and 13:00 on Sunday 17 January. The Patrouille Suisse flies at 11:20 on both days.

The evenings follow a fixed pattern. Bib draws are at 18:15 on Thursday, Friday and Saturday in the World Cup village in the centre of Wengen, and the super-G and downhill award ceremonies follow at 19:00 on Friday and Saturday in the same place. The slalom podium is held in the Innerwengen finish arena straight after the second run. The World Cup village needs no ticket and is open until midnight on Thursday and 02:00 on Friday and Saturday. Big screens at the Girmschbiel, in the finish arena and in the village show the SRF television broadcast.

Tickets: what the categories cost

All 2027 tickets are sold online only, from 08:00 on 2 November 2026, and every ticket includes the rail transfer from Interlaken Ost and back. Our Lauberhorn races page keeps the ticket link and hotel packages in one place.

• Lauberhorn ticket (standing, free choice of location): about CHF 95 on Friday, CHF 105 on Saturday, CHF 65 on Sunday, CHF 210 for 3 days. Children aged 6 to 15 about CHF 30 a day. You can move between the Girmschbiel, the finish area and the start during the day.
• Grandstand ticket, Innerwengen finish: standing places on the uncovered stand, about CHF 110 Friday, CHF 160 Saturday, CHF 85 Sunday, CHF 280 for 3 days. No seats, no camping chairs.
• Gold Card: reserved zone with catering at the Girmschbiel or in the finish arena, about CHF 290 Friday and Sunday, CHF 380 Saturday.
• Ski pass add-on: about CHF 40 on any adult ticket, valid for the race day in the Jungfrau Ski Region. Children under 6 enter free.

The VIP platform at Canadian Corner and the SWISS Lounge above the finish are sold on request from about CHF 610 a day. All prices and times here are approximate and given as a guide. The Verein Internationale Lauberhornrennen sets its own fares and adjusts them from season to season, so check the current details on lauberhorn.ch before you go.

Where to watch: 3 points on the course

The downhill is 4.5 km long and drops 1,028 m from the start at 2,315 m to the finish at 1,287 m in Innerwengen. Each viewing point sees a different part of it and has its own way in.

Girmschbiel and the Hundschopf

The Girmschbiel is the fan slope opposite the Hundschopf, the 41-degree drop that is the steepest point of the course. From here you see the jump, the Minschkante and the run into Canadian Corner, with about 10,000 people on the hillside on downhill day. It is a viewing point for Friday and Saturday only. Access is by train to Wengernalp station, then about 5 minutes on foot. You stand in snow at about 1,900 m for hours, so bring winter boots and food.

Kernen-S and Wasserstation

Below Canadian Corner the course narrows into the 3 m wide Alpweg and the Kernen-S chicane, which brakes the racers to 70 to 80 km/h. A little lower comes the Wasserstation, the 9 m wide railway underpass taken at 90 to 100 km/h while the Wengernalpbahn passes above it. Spectators on skis reach both from the spectator piste. Spectators on foot see the Wasserstation from the window of the Wengernalpbahn as it passes above.

The Innerwengen finish area

The finish arena is the easiest to reach and the only one of the 3 points with racing on all 3 days, about 20 minutes on foot from Wengen station. You see the Ziel-S, the last 100 m of the downhill and the whole slalom slope, with a big screen and food stands. The start at 2,315 m is for skiers only: the Lauberhorn chairlift from Kleine Scheidegg does not carry pedestrians.

Trains, roads and ski runs on race days

Wengen is car-free, so every spectator arrives by rail. Parking is limited and paid in Wilderswil, Lauterbrunnen and Grindelwald; if you drive, park at the Lauterbrunnen station garage and take the train up, about 11 minutes. Our post on how to get to Wengen covers the connections from Interlaken.

Travel early. Trains from Interlaken Ost start at 06:04 on race days, queues form from 08:00, and anyone heading up after 09:00 should expect a long wait. Visitors arriving via Lauterbrunnen change in Wengen for the shuttle service, and on Friday and Saturday nights extra trains run from Wengen to Lauterbrunnen until 02:10. For the Girmschbiel the organiser routes everyone via Grindelwald Terminal, the Eiger Express to Eigergletscher and the train over Kleine Scheidegg to Wengernalp, and back the same way. The race piste is closed to the public from early January until the race; on race days the last piste check is at 17:00, after which runs and sledge paths close, and from the Monday after the race the course reopens to skiers.

Wengen during the race weekend

Wengen is car-free, so everything in the village is reached on foot. Racers walk along the Dorfstrasse, and from 15:00 on Friday and Saturday the World Cup village fills with food stands and outdoor bars, with music on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings. Cash machines are in the village only; the stands on the mountain take cards and Twint.

When to book a room

Book the Friday and Saturday nights of the race weekend before the ticket sale opens at 08:00 on 2 November 2026. Arriving earlier in race week also lets you watch the training runs once the organiser confirms them. The rooms at the Victoria Lauberhorn run from doubles to family rooms, and the hotel is open all year.

The World Snow Festival in Grindelwald

The other January event on this side of the Jungfrau Region follows straight after the races. From 18 to 24 January 2027, international teams carve sculptures from 3 m blocks of snow on the Eiger+ Nordwandplatz and the Bärplatz in Grindelwald, working from 08:00 to 18:00, with 2 more teams in the Männlichen ski area. Entry is free, the 42nd edition's motto is "Animal worlds", and the finished works are lit in colour on the evenings of 22 to 24 January. From Wengen it is a cable car over the Männlichen, so a stay from 15 to 18 January covers the 3 race days and the first day of the festival.

Victoria Lauberhorn as your base

The Victoria Lauberhorn is not on the race course. It stands about 1 minute on foot from Wengen station, where the trains to Wengernalp, Kleine Scheidegg and Lauterbrunnen leave, and the finish arena is about 20 minutes on foot. After a day on the Girmschbiel, the wellness area of about 1,000 m² has an indoor pool, an outdoor whirlpool, a sauna and a steam room, and the Cocktail Bar Lauberhorn has a fireplace. The bib draw in the World Cup village starts at 18:15 on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Come and spend Lauberhorn 2027 with us at Victoria Lauberhorn, Wengen.

Victoria Lauberhorn, Wengen, a Faern Collection Hotel.

Questions guests ask

Do I need a ticket to be in Wengen during the races?

No. The World Cup village, the bib draws and the award ceremonies in the village centre are free. You need a ticket only for the course, the finish arena and the Girmschbiel.

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