The 46th
World Cup season began on 22 October 2011, in
Sölden, Austria, and concluded on 18 March 2012, at the World Cup finals in
Schladming, Austria.[1][2]
Two pre-Olympic races took place at
Rosa Khutor, the alpine venue for the
2014 Winter Olympics in
Sochi. Two city events, first held as a part of World Cup in the
2011 season, were scheduled for
Munich and
Moscow,[1][2] but the Munich event was cancelled due to warm temperatures.[3]
Lindsey Vonn won her fourth overall women's title in five years, clinching it with a giant slalom win on 9 March at
Åre, Sweden.[4] Vonn's title put her second on the all-time list behind
Annemarie Moser-Pröll's tally of six titles.[5] The men's overall title went to the final event at Schladming, where Austria's
Marcel Hirscher prevailed over Switzerland's
Beat Feuz.[6]
^"Abgesagte Val-d'Isere-Damen-Kombi in St. Moritz" [Cancelled Val-d'Isere Ladies Combined in St. Moritz]. skionline.ch (in German). skionline AG. Austria Presse Agentur. 14 January 2012. Archived from
the original on 28 January 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2012.