The coolest alpine competitions of the season take place in Svartåshanget, Klövsjö. With a vertical drop of 200 meters, the slope attracts the entire Swedish alpine elite – this year with Swedish Championship status!
SM status – the absolute elite in place
Steilhang Race by EQPE offers two challenging FIS competitions (GS and SL) in Svartåshanget, a slope with a vertical drop of 200 meters. New for this year is that the GS, SL competitions, and parallel slalom have Swedish Championship status, so during the weekend, the 2026 Swedish champions will be crowned in both the women's and men's classes in each discipline!
Friday, March 27 FIS Giant Slalom (GS)
The giant slalom course starts at the very top of Klövsjöfjäll, with the first section on the ski cross course and then down Svartåshanget. A really long and challenging course that will undoubtedly be one of the highlights of the season!
Saturday, March 28 FIS Slalom (SL)
In the slalom competition, the excitement builds ahead of the second run – which is essentially decided at the same time for the 30 best women and men. There will be two starts, two courses with a shared finish area. This means that the best woman and the best man from the first run will cross the finish line just 30 seconds apart!
Sunday, March 29 Parallel slalom
Stars vs. Legends! A parallel slalom competition with 32 women and 32 men, where the 16 best-placed skiers from the SL competition go straight to the final.
In conjunction with the parallel slalom competition at SkiStarbacken, former World Cup skiers will compete against each other. An extraordinary show with fast and exciting heats.
History
In the area where Svartåshanget is located, the Blizzard Cup parallel slalom competition was held during Easter 1981. The biggest stars in alpine skiing at the time took part, including Ingemar Stenmark, Stig Strand, Steve Mahre, and Bojan Križaj. The event was a huge success, attracting around 18,000 visitors.
In 1986, an application was submitted to host the World Championships in Klövsjö. In preparation for the application, the current Svartåshanget course was built, measuring almost 500 meters, with a drop of 200 meters and a steepest section with a 38-degree incline. Unfortunately, the World Championships did not come to Klövsjö.
Today, Svartåshanget is Sweden's newest competition slope, approved for international competitions by FIS in the fall of 2021.
