Štuhec gained her first World Cup victories in December 2016, back-to-back wins in the downhill in Canada at Lake Louise. She had consecutive wins two weeks later in Val d'Isère, France, and won her fifth event of the 2017 season in late January in Italy. At the World Championships at St. Moritz, she won the gold medal in downhill in mid-February, and clinched the World Cup season title in combined two weeks later. At the finals in mid-March she secured another title in downhill, and was the runner-up for the season in super-G and overall.