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Altenberg

Rennschlitten- und Bobbahn Altenberg

Altenberg, Saxony · Germany

Racing today; it held the 2025/26 bobsleigh and skeleton World Cup final.

Start Lowest point Mapped line 1,711 m, including run-out and start spurs. Shape © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Real track · Published figures

Opened
1986
Status
Racing today
Length
1,413 m
Drop
122 m
Curves
17

Bobsleigh and skeleton course; men's luge uses 1,387 m.

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The Slidensa model, drawn over the real ground. Follow the run into every curve.

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Game model · Two-man bobsleigh reference run. These lengths, speeds and loads come from Slidensa’s physics and can differ from the real track’s published figures.

Length
1,627m
Drop
122m
Curves
17
Top speed
133km/h
Peak load
4.6g
Reference run
0:59.93
Curve-by-curve guide · 17 curves

The three curves in lime pull hardest in the reference run.

  1. 1 35° right 1.3 g · 59 km/h
  2. 2 47° right 2.5 g · 89 km/h
  3. 4 209° left Omega 4.2 g · 94 km/h
  4. 3 119° left Omega 4.0 g · 92 km/h
  5. 5 30° right Omega 2.0 g · 96 km/h
  6. 6 115° right Labyrinth 2.6 g · 95 km/h
  7. 7 20° left Labyrinth 1.6 g · 99 km/h
  8. 8 115° right Labyrinth 3.7 g · 112 km/h
  9. 10 360° right Kreisel 4.5 g · 119 km/h
  10. 9 50° right Labyrinth 2.9 g · 121 km/h
  11. 11 70° right Kink 3.8 g · 118 km/h
  12. 12 38° left 4.1 g · 118 km/h
  13. 13 51° left 3.9 g · 120 km/h
  14. 14 101° right 4.6 g · 125 km/h
  15. 15 5° left Zielkreisel 1.0 g · 128 km/h
  16. 16 249° left Zielkreisel 4.6 g · 131 km/h
  17. 17 28° left Zielkreisel 2.6 g · 132 km/h

The story

Altenberg's track was built in the Ore Mountains near the Czech border between 1981 and 1986, when the town was in East Germany. It is reputed to be one of the hardest tracks to drive, with a labyrinth of tight curves leading into a 320-degree Kreisel at turn 10. It has hosted many bobsleigh, skeleton and luge World Championships, most recently the luge Worlds in 2024.

  • The Kreisel at turn 10 carries the sled through 320 degrees.
  • Curves 11 and 12 were rebuilt after the first trial runs in 1983.
  • Autumn 2025 began the track's 40th ice season.

Today

A refrigerated track of 17 curves, refurbished in 2012, that still opens every autumn for its ice season.

See the place on OpenStreetMap
The Altenberg track winding through the forest in summer.
The Altenberg track winding through the forest in summer. Photo: UrLunkwill, CC BY 2.5.
A long curve of the Altenberg track, seen from beside the channel.
A long curve of the Altenberg track, seen from beside the channel. Photo: UrLunkwill, CC BY 2.5.

Racing history

Earliest and latest recorded race of each event at this level, from published results.

World Championships

Two-man bob 1991–2021
Four-man bob 1991–2021
Women's bob 2008–2021
Women's monobob 2021
Men's luge 1996–2024
Women's luge 1996–2024
Doubles luge 1996–2024
Women's doubles luge 2024
Luge team relay 2012–2024
Men's skeleton 1994–2021
Women's skeleton 2008–2021
Skeleton mixed team 2020–2021

World Cup

Two-man bob 2023–2026
Four-man bob 2023–2026
Women's bob 2023–2026
Women's monobob 2023–2026
Men's skeleton 2023–2026
Women's skeleton 2023–2026
Skeleton mixed team 2024–2026

Continental championships and cups

Two-man bob 1995–2023
Four-man bob 1995–2023
Women's bob 2005–2023
Women's monobob 2023
Men's luge 2002–2016
Women's luge 2002–2016
Doubles luge 2002–2016
Luge team relay 2016
Men's skeleton 2004–2023
Women's skeleton 2004–2023