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Davos bob run

Davos bob and luge runs

Davos, Graubünden · Switzerland

A purpose-built bob run once descended from the Schatzalp funicular.

No mapped line survives for this track yet.

Real track · Published figures

Length
3,250 m
Curves
40

The bob run is dated to 1907 in a local history; a 1909 newspaper reports a new run opening. The 3,250 m and 40 bends describe the original bob run; a 1927 count gives 30 (two large hairpins and 28 smaller bends). In 1928 the run was cut about 1,200 m shorter, and the 1929 race used the shortened course. The separate luge course reported in 1954 was 2,505 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
2,290m
Drop
150m
Curves
33
Top speed
148km/h
Peak load
4.8g
Reference run
1:21.97
Curve-by-curve guide · 33 curves

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

  1. 1 131° left 1.3 g · 63 km/h
  2. 2 4° left Kink 1.0 g · 70 km/h
  3. 3 4° right Kink 1.0 g · 71 km/h
  4. 4 4° right Kink 1.0 g · 71 km/h
  5. 5 4° left Kink 1.0 g · 71 km/h
  6. 6 4° left Kink 1.0 g · 71 km/h
  7. 7 143° right 1.6 g · 71 km/h
  8. 8 2° right Kink 1.0 g · 86 km/h
  9. 9 1° right Kink 1.1 g · 92 km/h
  10. 10 3° left Kink 1.0 g · 97 km/h
  11. 11 2° left Kink 1.1 g · 101 km/h
  12. 12 4° right Kink 1.0 g · 105 km/h
  13. 13 149° left 3.4 g · 119 km/h
  14. 14 3° left Kink 1.1 g · 123 km/h
  15. 15 4° left Kink 1.1 g · 122 km/h
  16. 16 4° right Kink 1.0 g · 121 km/h
  17. 17 4° right 1.1 g · 121 km/h
  18. 18 3° left 1.0 g · 122 km/h
  19. 19 149° right 3.6 g · 121 km/h
  20. 20 5° right Kink 1.1 g · 129 km/h
  21. 21 4° right 1.1 g · 132 km/h
  22. 22 4° left 1.0 g · 135 km/h
  23. 23 4° left 1.1 g · 138 km/h
  24. 24 8° right 1.1 g · 142 km/h
  25. 25 150° left 4.8 g · 146 km/h
  26. 26 12° left Kink 1.8 g · 148 km/h
  27. 27 4° left 1.2 g · 147 km/h
  28. 28 4° right 1.0 g · 146 km/h
  29. 29 4° right 1.1 g · 145 km/h
  30. 30 4° left 1.0 g · 144 km/h
  31. 31 4° left 1.1 g · 143 km/h
  32. 32 7° right 1.1 g · 141 km/h
  33. 33 120° left 4.2 g · 136 km/h

The story

Davos built a separate bob run from the Schatzalp funicular’s upper station after bobs began crowding the public sledging road. The 3,250 m course wound through dozens of bends, including two large banked hairpins. The funicular carried the heavy sleds back uphill. Cut about 1,200 m shorter in 1928, it hosted the European two-man championship in 1929. Bobbahnstrasse still recalls the town’s bob history.

  • A street in Davos is still named Bobbahnstrasse after the old bob run.

Today

A Davos street is still called Bobbahnstrasse, and a promenade laid out in 1932 crossed the run on a bridge.

Racing history

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

Continental championships and cups

Two-man bob 1929