In 2022, 200 of the world’s best junior ski athletes will journey into the heart of the Purcell mountains to Panorama: a place where athletic excellence, the best of human spirit and Pure Canada connect. Panorama is proud to have hosted high calibre races for over 40 years. And the legacy continues: this is the first time the FIS Alpine Junior World Championships will be held in Western Canada. Volunteers wanted! Interested in getting behind the scenes at a world-class event? Get in touch. Check back regularly World Junior Alpine Skiing Championships for up-to-date details and news. More information coming soon!U.S. Ski & Snowboard has named eight athletes to the 2021 FIS Alpine Junior World Ski Championships Team to represent the U.S. Alpine Ski Team in Bansko, Bulgaria, in six events, from March 3-10.
The 2021 squad is derived from the U.S. B, C, D teams, and the U.S. Ski & Snowboard National Development Group, as well as top U.S. Ski & Snowboard club program athletes from across the nation. Headlining this year’s team are 2019 Junior Worlds’ silver medalists and FIS Ski World Cup mainstays, Ben Ritchie and AJ Hurt. Due to COVID, quotas have been halved from a normal year, according to the tea, Though 2020 World Juniors at Narvik, Norway, were cut short due to the coronavirus outbreak, Keely Cashman led the way with three top-10 results, World Juniors live including bronze in the alpine combined. Hurt finished in sixth just behind Cashman in the super-G at worlds and has skied consistently strong on the World Cup, scoring points across four disciplines during the 2020-21 season (parallel, slalom, giant slalom, and super-G). Additionally, Nicola Rountree-Williams was the second-fastest U18 last year in the giant slalom, and Bradshaw Underhill had a top-10 super-G result, in ninth.