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Winterberg

VELTINS-EisArena Winterberg

Winterberg, North Rhine-Westphalia · Germany

Racing today in bobsleigh, luge and skeleton.

Start Lowest point Mapped line 1,593 m, including run-out and start spurs. Shape © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Real track · Published figures

Opened
1977
Status
Racing today
Length
1,330 m
Drop
110 m
Curves
15

Bobsleigh and skeleton course; men's luge uses 1,324 m. The IBSF and FIL count 15 curves; older listings give 14.

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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
1,330m
Drop
110m
Curves
14
Top speed
134km/h
Peak load
5.3g
Reference run
0:53.67
Curve-by-curve guide · 14 curves

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

  1. 1 35° left Omega 1.2 g · 70 km/h
  2. 2 214° right Omega 2.7 g · 80 km/h
  3. 3 34° left Omega 1.4 g · 84 km/h
  4. 4 20° right 1.3 g · 88 km/h
  5. 5 168° left 3.9 g · 92 km/h
  6. 6 17° right 1.5 g · 102 km/h
  7. 7 249° left Kreisel 4.9 g · 106 km/h
  8. 8 44° right 2.5 g · 109 km/h
  9. 9 173° left 4.5 g · 113 km/h
  10. 10 1° left Kink 1.3 g · 119 km/h
  11. 11 131° right Labyrinth 4.3 g · 116 km/h
  12. 12 23° left Labyrinth 2.3 g · 124 km/h
  13. 13 23° right Labyrinth 2.2 g · 129 km/h
  14. 14 203° left 5.3 g · 133 km/h

The story

Winterberg's track opened in 1977 in the Sauerland hills. It has hosted World Championships in bobsleigh, skeleton and luge, including the first two-woman bob Worlds in 2000, and its start area was rebuilt in 2006. It is also the track that steps in when others fail: in December 2025 it took over the luge World Cup opener after Igls could not get approval.

  • Turn 7, the Veltins Kreisel, is named after a local brewery.
  • Friedrich set both the two-man and four-man track records here in 2024.
  • It hosted the luge World Championships in 1989, 1991 and 2019.

Today

A refrigerated track with an Omega at the top, a 270-degree Kreisel at turn 7 and a labyrinth near the finish.

See the place on OpenStreetMap
Curve 9 of the Winterberg track at night.
Curve 9 of the Winterberg track at night. Photo: Frenkieb, CC BY 2.0.
Start house 1 at Winterberg.
Start house 1 at Winterberg. Photo: Rainer Lippert, Public domain.

Racing history

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

World Championships

Two-man bob 1995–2024
Four-man bob 1995–2024
Women's bob 2000–2024
Women's monobob 2024
Men's luge 1989–2019
Women's luge 1989–2019
Doubles luge 1989–2019
Women's doubles luge 2022
Luge team relay 2019
Men's skeleton 2015–2024
Women's skeleton 2015–2024
Skeleton mixed team 2024

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 2023–2025
Women's skeleton 2023–2026
Skeleton mixed team 2025

Continental championships and cups

Two-man bob 1979–2021
Four-man bob 1979–2021
Women's bob 2011–2021
Men's luge 1982–2025
Women's luge 1982–2025
Doubles luge 1982–2025
Women's doubles luge 2025
Luge team relay 2025
Men's skeleton 1984–2021
Women's skeleton 2011–2021