Laurenne Ross

Inspecting the Hahnenkamm downhill certainly puts things in perspective.

Laurenne Ross reached an important milestone in her comeback at Val d'Isere.

The magical female U.S. speed athletes are ready for their first race of the season.

The 2017 U.S. National Super-G Champion has a long recovery ahead.

The winner of the men's race adds to the family legacy.

Veith returns to the podium and Shiffrin surprises from bib 31.

Slovenian takes second World Cup win in as many days in weather-plagued race.

Americans land four in the top six ahead of weekend races.

Sometimes the sense of community is lost in ski racing, but that's something she hopes to change.

Men and women wrap up speed titles in Idaho.

Laurenne Ross secures her first ever World Cup super G podium.

Vonn wins No. 76 in Garmisch, Germany, while Fabienne Suter finds the podium after returning from injury.

Vonn maintains a perfect record in super G this season with third victory.

Altenmarkt-Zauchensee track helps narrow the gap between Lindsey Vonn and Lara Gut.

Switzerland's Lara Gut sneaks by the U.S. Ski Team's Lindsey Vonn to win the combined by one hundredth.

Austrian Nicole Schmidhofer sets the pace just ahead of Lindsey Vonn.

Lindsey Vonn skis fastest first split but loses control and seconds over new terrain.

Conditions in the southern hemisphere this year have been supreme.