# Piste Nationale

Nationale is a World Cup downhill ski course in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, opened 85 years ago in 1940.
Crans-Montana hosted the World Championships in 1987, and Swiss racers (Pirmin Zurbriggen, Maria Walliser, Erika Hess, and Peter Müller) dominated in front of the home crowd, winning eight of the ten events and fourteen of the thirty medals.
In addition to Nationale, two nearby ski courses also hosted events at those World Championships; nearby "Mont Lachaux" was the women's downhill course and "Chetzeron" in Crans village.

## Course

The course's World Cup debut came in January 1977, with women's events in downhill, slalom, and combined.
The men's World Cup events on this slope premiered in 1979 with slalom.

### Sections

* Dévers De Dellavi
* Cassure De Cry D'er
* Plat De Houlés
* Mur De Mélèzes
* L'Étoile
* Saut Des 4000

## World Championships
### Men's events

| Event | Type | Date | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1987 | KB | (SL) 27 January 1987 (DH) 1 February 1987 | Marc Girardelli | Pirmin Zurbriggen | Günther Mader |
| 1987 | DH | 31 January 1987 | Peter Müller | Pirmin Zurbriggen | Karl Alpiger |
| 1987 | SL | 8 February 1987 | Frank Wörndl | Günther Mader | Armin Bittner |
* The men's World Championships combined slalom was held on "Chetzeron" ski course.

### Women's events

| Event | Type | Date | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1987 | SL | 7 February 1987 | Erika Hess | Roswitha Steiner | Mateja Svet |

## World Cup
### Men

| No. | Type | Season | Date | Winner | Second | Third |
| 295 | SL | 1978/79 | 9 January 1979 | Christian Neureuther | Petar Popangelov | Karl Trojer |
| 296 | DH | 1978/79 | 14 January 1979 | Toni Bürgler | Peter Müller | Ken Read |
| 297 | SL | 1978/79 | 15 January 1979 | Paul Frommelt | Andreas Wenzel | Ingemar Stenmark |
| 298 | KB | 1978/79 | 15 January 1979 | Phil Mahre | Andreas Wenzel | Piero Gros |
| 389 | DH | 1981/82 | 21 December 1981 | Steve Podborski | Peter Müller | Ken Read |
| 545 | SG | 1985/86 | 3 February 1986 | Peter Müller | Pirmin Zurbriggen | Markus Wasmeier |
| 546 | KB | 1985/86 | 7 December 1985 3 February 1986 | Peter Müller | Michael Mair | Karl Alpiger |
| 547 | SG | 1985/86 | 5 February 1986 | Marc Girardelli | Markus Wasmeier | Peter Müller |
| 758 | GS | 1991/92 | 20 March 1992 | Alberto Tomba | Kjetil André Aamodt | Didrik Marksten |
| 759 | SL | 1991/92 | 22 March 1992 | Alberto Tomba | Paul Accola | Finn Christian Jagge |
| 814 | GS | 1993/94 | 18 January 1994 | Jan Einar Thorsen | Mitja Kunc | Rainer Salzgeber |
| 967 | DH | 1997/98 | 13 March 1998 | Josef Strobl | Didier Cuche | Fritz Strobl |
| 968 | GS | 1997/98 | 14 March 1998 | Stephan Eberharter | Hans Knauß | Hermann Maier |
| 969 | SL | 1997/98 | 15 March 1998 | Alberto Tomba | Hans Petter Buraas | Finn Christian Jagge |
| 1476 | SG | 2011/12 | 24 February 2012 | Didier Cuche | Jan Hudec | Benjamin Raich |
| 1477 | SG | 2011/12 | 25 February 2012 | Benjamin Raich | Adrien Théaux | Didier Cuche |
| 1478 | GS | 2011/12 | 26 February 2012 | Massimiliano Blardone | Marcel Hirscher | Hannes Reichelt |
| 1953 | DH | 2024/25 | 22 February 2025 | Franjo von Allmen | Marco Odermatt | Alexis Monney |
| 1954 | SG | 2024/25 | 23 February 2025 | Marco Odermatt | Alexis Monney | Dominik Paris |

### Women

| No. | Type | Season | Date | Winner | Second | Third |
| 238 | DH | 1976/77 | 25 January 1977 | Brigitte Totschnig | Evi Mittermaier | Annemarie Moser-Pröll |
| 239 | SL | 1976/77 | 26 January 1977 | Perrine Pelen | Lise-Marie Morerod | Fabienne Serrat |
| 240 | KB | 1976/77 | 27 January 1977 | Marie-Theres Nadig | Annemarie Moser-Pröll | Hanni Wenzel |
| 340 | DH | 1980/81 | 19 January 1981 | | | |
| 341 | SL | 1980/81 | 21 January 1981 | Erika Hess | Christin Cooper | Hanni Wenzel |
| 342 | KB | 1980/81 | 21 January 1981 | Christa Kinshofer | Erika Hess | Christin Cooper |
| 508 | DH | 1985/86 | 1 February 1986 | Laurie Graham | Brigitte Örtli | Katrin Gutensohn |
| 509 | DH | 1985/86 | 2 February 1986 | Katrin Gutensohn | Maria Walliser | Zoë Haas |
| 702 | SG | 1991/92 | 19 March 1992 | Carole Merle | Merete Fjeldavlie | Zoe Haas |
| 703 | GS | 1991/92 | 21 March 1992 | Carole Merle | Blanca Fernández Ochoa | Corinne Rey-Bellet |
| 844 | SL | 1996/97 | 21 December 1996 | Claudia Riegler | Pernilla Wiberg | Patricia Chauvet |
| 899 | SL | 1997/98 | 14 March 1998 | Urška Hrovat | Martina Ertl | Hilde Gerg |
| 900 | GS | 1997/98 | 15 March 1998 | Alexandra Meissnitzer | Martina Ertl | Deborah Compagnoni |
| 1247 | DH | 2007/08 | 8 March 2008 | Lindsey Vonn | Renate Götschl | Nadia Fanchini |
| 1248 | SC | 2007/08 | 9 March 2008 | Anja Pärson | Maria Riesch | Lindsey Vonn |
| | SC | 2009/10 | 5 March 2010 | high winds | high winds | high winds |
| 1312 | DH | 2009/10 | 6 March 2010 | Lindsey Vonn | Johanna Schnarf | Marianne Abderhalden |
| 1313 | SG | 2009/10 | 7 March 2010 | Dominique Gisin | Lindsey Vonn | Julia Mancuso |