Kandahar, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. The most famous run in Germany is in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The highlight of the Kandahar, the free fall, is actually the steepest point in the entire Ski World Cup. A true challenge for all winter sports enthusiasts! Photo (playing card) by Dario Suppan.

Kandahar downhill run. The name goes back to Frederick Roberts, “Earl of Kandahar”. Photo: © by Dario Suppan

The Kandahar in Garmisch-Partenkirchen is one of the most challenging race courses in the entire Alpine Ski World Cup. Its name was given as one of the five venues Arlberg-Kandahar-Races, after the British officer Lord Frederick Sleigh Roberts, “Earl of Kandahar”. In 1928, the Kandahar Ski Club in Mürren, Switzerland, organized the first Arlberg Kandahar race in St. Anton at the Arlberg together with the Ski Club Arlberg. The location originally alternated between St. Anton and Mürren, Switzerland. Later, it began to be held in other locations as well, such as Chamonix, France, Sestriere, Italy, and from 1954 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.