26 Mar - 29 Mar 2026

Steilhang Race by EQPE & SM

The season’s coolest alpine competitions will take place on Svartåshanget in Klövsjö - this year with National Championship status! With a vertical drop of 200 metres, the slope attracts the entire Swedish alpine elite.

National Championship status – the absolute elite on site!

Steilhang Race by EQPE offers two challenging FIS races (GS and SL) on Svartåshanget, a slope with a 200-metre vertical drop. New for this year is that the GS, SL races and the parallel slalom now have Swedish Championship status, so during the weekend the 2026 Swedish champions will be crowned in both the women’s and men’s categories in each discipline!

Friday, March 27 – FIS Giant Slalom (GS)

• 09:00 – FIS GS Women Run 1
• 12:50 – FIS GS Men Run 1

Sweden’s best alpine skiers take on the giant slalom course from the very top of Klövsjöfjäll, starting with the first section in the ski cross track and continuing down the Svartåshanget slope.

Location: Svartåshanget (Slope 10)

Saturday, March 28 – FIS Slalom (SL)

• 08:45 – FIS SL Women Run 
• 10:00 – FIS SL Men Run 1

Sweden’s top alpine skiers battle for the top three slalom positions, with excitement building steadily ahead of the thrilling second run – decided almost simultaneously for the top 30 women and men, with two starts, two courses, and one shared finish area.

• 12:30 – FINAL
• 15:30 – Award ceremony and afterski at Hotel Klövsjöfjäll

Watch the decisive second run for both women and men as this year’s winners are crowned. DJ MISCEO keeps the atmosphere high in the finish area.

Location: Svartåshanget (Slope 10)

Sunday, March 29 – Parallel Slalom

• 09:00 – Women First Round
• 10:00 – Men First Round

Enjoy parallel slalom at its best with fast and exciting heats where Sweden’s three fastest women and men are crowned.

Location: SkiStarbacken (Slope 4)

See more information about the competition, prizes and more at steilhangrace.se.

History

In the area where Svartåshanget is located, the Blizzard Cup parallel slalom competition was organised during Easter 1981. Participants included the biggest stars of alpine skiing at the time, including Ingemar Stenmark, Stig Strand, Steve Mahre and Bojan Križaj. The event was a huge success with around 18 000 visitors.

In 1986, an application was made to organise the World Championships in Klövsjö. In preparation for the application, the current section of the Svartåshanget was built, which measures almost 500 metres, has a drop of 200 metres and a steepest section of 38 degrees. Unfortunately, there was no World Cup in Klövsjö.

Today, Svartåshanget is Sweden's newest competition slope, approved for international competitions by FIS in autumn 2021.