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Lillehammer

Lillehammer Olympic Bobsleigh and Luge Track

Hunderfossen, Lillehammer, Innlandet · Norway

Racing today; it hosts the bobsleigh and skeleton World Championships in 2027.

Start Lowest point Mapped line 1,633 m, including run-out and start spurs. Shape © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Real track · Published figures

Opened
1992
Status
Racing today
Length
1,365 m
Drop
114 m
Curves
16

Published drops range from 112 m to 114 m. The 1994 official report gives 90 tonnes of ammonia and 80 km of cooling pipe; a 1991 report gives nearly 90 tonnes and 8 km. Delivery of the proposed surplus heat has not been established.

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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
1,435m
Drop
114m
Curves
16
Top speed
132km/h
Peak load
4.9g
Reference run
0:52.18
Curve-by-curve guide · 16 curves

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

  1. 1 11° left Kink 1.0 g · 62 km/h
  2. 2 10° right 1.1 g · 74 km/h
  3. 3 104° right 2.4 g · 85 km/h
  4. 4 100° left 2.8 g · 97 km/h
  5. 5 49° left 2.6 g · 106 km/h
  6. 7 208° right 4.3 g · 105 km/h
  7. 6 83° right Kink 3.7 g · 104 km/h
  8. 8 31° left 1.9 g · 108 km/h
  9. 9 154° left 4.5 g · 119 km/h
  10. 10 20° left Kink 1.5 g · 119 km/h
  11. 11 155° right 4.7 g · 116 km/h
  12. 12 123° left 4.7 g · 124 km/h
  13. 13 44° right 3.2 g · 128 km/h
  14. 15 223° left 4.9 g · 131 km/h
  15. 14 52° left Kink 3.7 g · 132 km/h
  16. 16 45° left Kink 3.6 g · 130 km/h

The story

Lillehammer's track at Hunderfossen, 15 km north of the town, was completed in October 1992 for the 1994 Winter Olympics. It is the only refrigerated track in the Nordic countries. A 1991 report forecast surplus heat for the neighbouring Hunderfossen family park. It hosted the 2016 Youth Olympics and will stage the bobsleigh and skeleton World Championships in 2027.

  • A 1991 report forecast about 4.5 GWh a year of surplus heat, with the neighbouring family park as a possible user.
  • In October 2025 it was the first track to make ice for the new season.
  • Friedrich's four-man crew set the track record of 49.74 s in January 2024.

Today

A refrigerated track of 16 curves that still hosts World Cup racing.

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A monobob start at Lillehammer in 2015.
A monobob start at Lillehammer in 2015. Photo: Lillehammer 2016 Youth Olympic Games from Norway / Photo: Michael Eriksson, CC BY 2.0.

Racing history

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

Olympic Games

Two-man bob 1994
Four-man bob 1994
Men's luge 1994
Women's luge 1994
Doubles luge 1994

World Championships

Para bobsleigh 2018–2024
Men's luge 1995
Women's luge 1995
Doubles luge 1995
Men's skeleton 1995

World Cup

Two-man bob 2024–2025
Four-man bob 2024–2025
Women's bob 2024–2025
Women's monobob 2024–2025
Men's skeleton 2024–2025
Women's skeleton 2024–2025
Skeleton mixed team 2025

Continental championships and cups

Two-man bob 2025
Four-man bob 2025
Women's bob 2025
Women's monobob 2025
Para bobsleigh 2024
Men's luge 2020
Women's luge 2020
Doubles luge 2020
Luge team relay 2020
Men's skeleton 2025
Women's skeleton 2025