2026-27 Stifel U.S. Ski Team Announced: Full Alpine Roster

SR Staff ReportOct 07, 2026

Photo Credit: U.S. Ski & Snowboard

With announcement, roster and coaching comments provided by U.S. Ski & Snowboard. Additional reporting by Ski Racing Media.

U.S. Ski & Snowboard has named 49 alpine athletes to the 2026-27 Stifel U.S. Ski Team, setting the roster for a winter that brings World Championship opportunities, a full U.S. race schedule and new challenges for some of America’s leading racers.

Mikaela Shiffrin enters the season with a different focus. Lauren Macuga has returned to snow after missing the entire 2025-26 racing season. Breezy Johnson arrives as the reigning Olympic and world downhill champion.

They join a women’s team with contenders across the technical and speed disciplines. On the men’s side, two-time Olympic super-G silver medalist Ryan Cochran-Siegle returns alongside established World Cup racers and a developing generation seeking its next opportunities.

The final roster includes 26 women and 23 men across the A, B and C teams. According to U.S. Ski & Snowboard, all 49 athletes qualified under its published alpine team criteria.

Shiffrin pursues a different path

Shiffrin returns as the reigning World Cup overall champion, but her ambitions extend beyond repeating the approach that delivered another season of slalom dominance.

She plans to race fewer slaloms and devote more attention to giant slalom and super-G. The change gives her additional training time to explore two disciplines that continue to challenge and motivate her.

Her record supports that ambition. Shiffrin won World Cup giant slalom titles in 2019 and 2023, the World Cup super-G title in 2019 and Olympic giant slalom gold in 2018. She also earned world titles in super-G in 2019 and giant slalom in 2023.

Those achievements establish what she can do in both disciplines. The challenge now is to build the training, confidence and consistency needed to contend against today’s field.

In her recent video on motivation, Shiffrin said curiosity remains central to her career. She wants to discover what more focused work can unlock in giant slalom and super-G.

For the Stifel U.S. Ski Team, that creates an intriguing season ahead: its most accomplished racer is pursuing fresh challenges in disciplines where she has already reached the top.

Macuga returns with proven podium potential

Macuga’s return to snow in Chile brings proven podium potential back into the women’s speed program.

The Park City Ski & Snowboard athlete enjoyed a breakthrough 2024-25 season. She won the St. Anton super-G, earned World Championship super-G bronze in Saalbach and reached the World Cup downhill podium.

Macuga finished that winter fourth in the downhill standings and sixth in super-G during the 2025 season. At 22, she had established herself as one of the leading racers in both disciplines.

Then an ACL tear during November 2025 training at Copper Mountain ended her next season before she could race. Her recovery required a second surgery to remove scar tissue that prevented her knee from fully straightening.

In her interview with Ski Racing Media, Macuga described the physical and emotional challenges of rehabilitation, including watching teammates compete in the Olympics while she worked toward skiing again.

Now she has reached that milestone.

Returning to snow starts the next phase of her comeback. Macuga still must build from training toward race readiness, but her previous results show what she can contribute when she returns to competition.

Johnson leads an accomplished women’s group

Johnson enters the winter holding the sport’s two biggest downhill titles.

She won World Championship gold in Saalbach in 2025 and Olympic gold at Milano Cortina in 2026. The coming season gives her an opportunity to defend her world title in Crans-Montana, Switzerland.

Jacqueline Wiles and Paula Moltzan also return as Olympic medalists after earning team combined bronze together in 2026. Wiles brings World Cup downhill podium experience, while Moltzan provides podium potential in both slalom and giant slalom.

The women’s A team also includes Mary Bocock, Keely Cashman, Katie Hensien, AJ Hurt, Allison Mollin and Nina O’Brien. Their experience gives the program depth across the calendar, while B- and C-team athletes continue working toward their own breakthroughs.

Lindsey Vonn remains on the A-team roster as she recovers from her Olympic downhill crash and the surgeries that followed. She will not race this season. Vonn told The Associated Press that any racing return would come no earlier than 2027-28.

Her immediate focus remains recovery.

Cochran-Siegle anchors the men’s A team

Cochran-Siegle returns after winning his second Olympic super-G silver medal. He joins Bryce Bennett, Tommy Ford, Kyle Negomir and River Radamus on the men’s A team.

Together, they bring World Cup experience across downhill, super-G and giant slalom. The B team adds established racers and athletes pursuing more consistent results, while the C team continues the development pipeline.

With the final naming complete, the athletes’ work turns toward race preparation and the opportunities ahead.

“This is a very determined and impressive group of alpine athletes who are fully prepared to compete at the highest level as we head into a World Championship season,” said Sasha Rearick, Borgen Family Alpine Director, in the U.S. Ski & Snowboard announcement.

“Their commitment both in summer training at the Center of Excellence and on the snow has set the stage for what promises to be an exciting season.”

Major opportunities on home snow

The World Cup season opens with giant slaloms in Sölden, Austria, Oct. 24-25. The tour then moves to Levi, Finland, and Gurgl, Austria, for November slaloms.

Thanksgiving weekend brings a U.S. doubleheader Nov. 28-29. The women return to Vermont for giant slalom and slalom at the Stifel Killington Cup. Meanwhile, the men contest super-G and giant slalom at the Stifel Copper Cup in Colorado.

Killington and Copper Mountain are both Ikon Pass destinations, giving American fans two opportunities to watch the Stifel U.S. Ski Team on home snow.

Beaver Creek follows with the men’s Stifel Birds of Prey program Dec. 3-6 and women’s races Dec. 11-13.

The championship focus arrives Feb. 1-14 at the 2027 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in Crans-Montana. Men and women will each contest downhill, super-G, giant slalom, slalom and team combined.

Finally, the tour returns to the United States for the Stifel Sun Valley Finals, March 20-25. Sun Valley, another Ikon Pass destination, will host the closing races and crystal globe presentations.