The White Ring (ski circuit)

Installation on the Rüfikopf

The white ring denotes a ski circuit in the Lech am Arlberg ski area as well as the longest ski race in the world on it.

organization

For the 50th anniversary of the ski circuit, the first ski race was held in the 2005/2006 season.

The ski circuit extends over several runs and lifts. It covers a total length of almost 22 km and overcomes a total of 5,500 meters in altitude. The basic idea for this goes back to the skier and engineer Josef "Sepp" Bildstein and begins with the commissioning of the first drag lift in the winter of 1940/41. In autumn 2009 the editor of the Guinness Book of Records confirmed that the “White Ring” is the longest ski race in the world.

The course record is 44:10:75 minutes and has been held by Markus Weiskopf since 2010.

On January 14, 2012, the race, for which 1,000 starting places were allocated, took place for the seventh time.

Many well-known names were already at the start of this race with Josef “Pepi” Strobl , Patrick Ortlieb , Harti Weirather , Marc Girardelli , Tom Stiansen , Andreas Goldberger and David Coulthard .

Route

stage		Slope / lift	length	Altitude
1		Rüfikopfbahn	2.131	890
2	38a	Cairns	1,634	366
3		Schüttbodenlift	590	155
4th	38a	Schüttboden - Zürs	1,607	248
5		Trittalpbahn	920	288
6th	3a	Hexenboden Direct	1,798	466
7a		Seekopfbahn	1,548	514
7b		Zürserseebahn	1,587	491
8th		Madlochbahn	1,316	294
9	33	Madloch - train	4.187	954
10		Zugerbergbahn	1,460	615
11		Balmengrat lift	222	5
12	34	Kriegeralpe - Petersboden - Oberlech - Lech	4,236	644
total			21,688	5,439

Departure

lift

Results

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Men

Women

Date / year First place Second place third place Jan. 19, 2014 Riccardo Rädler Niklas Herburger Mathias Gorbach Jan. 19, 2013 Josef Strobl Matthias Gorbach Cornelius Deuring Jan. 14, 2012 Josef Strobl Jan 15, 2011 Josef Strobl Markus Weiskopf Thomas Wallner Jan. 16, 2010 Markus Weiskopf Patrick Ortlieb Jürgen Hasler   2009 Cornelius Greussing Albert Hörmann Markus Weiskopf Jan. 12, 2008 Daniel Pfeifer Patrick Ortlieb   2006 Patrick Ortlieb

year First place Second place third place 2014 Angelika Kaufmann Antonia Walch Katja Wirth 2013 Angelika Kaufmann Carmen Huemer Antonia Walch 2012 2011 Angelika Kaufmann Claudia Kohler Seraina Murk 2010 Angelika Kaufmann Eveline Morandell Claudia Boehler 2009 Anja Weiskopf Eveline Stremitzer Carolin Schertler-Manhart 2008 2006

Web links

• Website of the Weißen Ring Lech / Zürs
• The ski circuit from Lech / Zürs
• The longest ski race in the world

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The White Ring ( Memento of the original from March 23, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ Race report on Webheimat.at
3. ↑ "The longest ski race in the world" is celebrating its fifth anniversary
4. ↑ Shoot now! ( Die Zeit , January 25, 2007)
5. ↑ Weiskopf beats Ortlieb record