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Cesana

Cesana Pariol

Cesana Torinese, Piedmont · Italy

No racing since 2011; push-start training was documented in 2018 and 2024. Demolition is planned.

Start Lowest point Mapped line 1,670 m, including run-out and start spurs. Shape © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Real track · Published figures

First raced
2005
Last raced
2011
Length
1,435 m
Drop
114 m
Curves
19

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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
1,477m
Drop
114m
Curves
19
Top speed
134km/h
Peak load
4.6g
Reference run
0:57.35
Curve-by-curve guide · 19 curves

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

  1. 1 163° left Champlas 2.7 g · 67 km/h
  2. 2 159° right Gancio 2.4 g · 70 km/h
  3. 3 77° left Il Muro 2.7 g · 83 km/h
  4. 4 81° left Gemelli 3.0 g · 91 km/h
  5. 7 190° right Toro 3.3 g · 102 km/h
  6. 5 45° right Gemelli 3.2 g · 92 km/h
  7. 6 58° right Toro 2.8 g · 100 km/h
  8. 8 115° left Toro 3.3 g · 100 km/h
  9. 9 67° left Cesana 3.3 g · 107 km/h
  10. 10 89° right Nino Bibbia 3.5 g · 108 km/h
  11. 11 0° right Museo 1.2 g · 112 km/h
  12. 12 124° left Chicane 3.6 g · 113 km/h
  13. 13 1° right Chicane 1.3 g · 117 km/h
  14. 14 89° right Chaberton 3.4 g · 117 km/h
  15. 15 40° right Lavatrice 4.6 g · 124 km/h
  16. 16 0° left Compressione 1.1 g · 127 km/h
  17. 18 228° left Pariol 3.9 g · 134 km/h
  18. 17 49° left Paul Hildgartner 3.2 g · 132 km/h
  19. 19 16° left Eugenio Monti 1.7 g · 133 km/h

The story

Cesana Pariol was built above Cesana Torinese for the 2006 Turin Winter Olympics at a cost of about 110 million euros, and was approved for racing in October 2005. It hosted Olympic bobsleigh, luge and skeleton, the 2008 European luge championships and the 2011 luge World Championships. Running costs of more than a million euros a year proved too much, and it closed in 2011. A plan to revive it for the 2026 Games was turned down by the IOC in 2023.

  • It raced for only six seasons before closing.
  • About 45 to 50 tonnes of ammonia were removed in autumn 2012, and the plant was filled with nitrogen to preserve it.
  • Taking the track away is expected to cost about 9 million euros.

Today

The empty channel still stands. An August 2026 permit allows its removal but retains the foundations, piles, buried conduits, retaining walls and U-shaped support beam.

See the place on OpenStreetMap
The Cesana Pariol track during the 2006 Turin Winter Olympics.
The Cesana Pariol track during the 2006 Turin Winter Olympics. Photo: Bumba at Italian Wikipedia, Public domain.
Spectators beside the Cesana Pariol track during the 2006 Winter Olympics.
Spectators beside the Cesana Pariol track during the 2006 Winter Olympics. Photo: Bumba at Italian Wikipedia, Public domain.

Racing history

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

Olympic Games

Two-man bob 2006
Four-man bob 2006
Women's bob 2006
Men's luge 2006
Women's luge 2006
Doubles luge 2006
Men's skeleton 2006
Women's skeleton 2006

World Championships

Men's luge 2011
Women's luge 2011
Doubles luge 2011

Continental championships and cups

Two-man bob 2008
Four-man bob 2008
Women's bob 2008
Men's luge 2008
Women's luge 2008
Doubles luge 2008
Luge team relay 2008
Men's skeleton 2008
Women's skeleton 2008