Kreuzeck (Wetterstein)

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Kreuzeck
View of Kreuzeck summit with Kreuzeckhaus
Elevation	1,651 m (5,417 ft)
Location
Kreuzeck Bavaria, Germany
Range	Wetterstein
Coordinates	47°27′12″N 11°04′50″E / 47.45333°N 11.08056°E / 47.45333; 11.08056Coordinates: 47°27′12″N 11°04′50″E / 47.45333°N 11.08056°E / 47.45333; 11.08056

The Kreuzeck is a mountain in the Wetterstein mountain range of Bavaria, Germany with an elevation of 1,651 m (5,417 ft). The first Ski area at Kreuzeck 1,340 m (4,396 ft) was developed for the 1936 Winter Olympics in neighboring Garmisch-Partenkirchen with the Kreuzeck valley station serving as finish line for the alpine skiing downhill part of the combined event. The Kreuzeck featured Germany's first Mountain Gondola (Kreuzeckbahn 1926) which made the Kreuzeck range the alpine portal to the neighboring areas of the Kreuzjoch, the Alpspitze and the Höllental and provided the infrastructure to host the downhill event for the 1936 Winter Olympics. The old Olympic course is still maintained and accessible. The more recent downhill course garnered some notoriety as a designated "Kandahar" event and continues to host major FIS downhill, giant slalom and super-G world cup events. (footnote, historic importance) Designated "Kandahar" ski racing events.

References

1936 Winter Olympics official report. pp. 289-303. (German)

v t e Venues of the 1936 Winter Olympics

Große Olympiaschanze Gudiberg Kreuzjoch Kreuzeck Olympia-Kunsteisstadion Riessersee

v t e Olympic venues in alpine skiing

1936: Gudiberg, Kreuzjoch, Kreuzeck 1948: Piz Nair 1952: Norefjell, Rødkleiva 1956: Mount Faloria, Mount Tofana 1960: Squaw Valley Ski Resort 1964: Axamer Lizum, Patscherkofel 1968: Chamrousse, Recoin de Chamrousse 1972: Mount Eniwa Downhill Course, Mt. Teine Alpine Skiing courses 1976: Axamer Lizum, Patscherkofel 1980: Whiteface Mountain 1984: Bjelašnica, Jahorina 1988: Nakiska 1992: Les Menuires, Méribel, Val-d'Isère 1994: Lillehammer Olympic Alpine Centre Hafjell, Lillehammer Olympic Alpine Centre Kvitfjell 1998: Hakuba Happoone Winter Resort, Mount Higashidate, Mount Yakebitai 2002: Deer Valley, Park City Mountain Resort, Snowbasin 2006: San Sicario Fraiteve, Sestiere Borgata, Sestiere Colle 2010: Whistler Creekside 2014: Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort 2018: Jungbong, Yongpyong Ski Resort

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