Alpine Points

The ability to measure one competitor's performance against another is the heart of competitive athletics. In a country as large as the USA, it's important to have measurement tools to evaluate the performance of skiers around the nation. Athlete performance is evaluated through various ranking lists. Athletes competing in scored competitions earn points, which are calculated mathematically to allow ranking lists to be developed. Ranking lists, in turn, are used by U.S. Ski & Snowboard for selection to teams, entry into higher-level competitions and development projects.

Alpine Ranking List Overview
Ski racers are: 1) scored by total points for each seeded competition in which they finish without disqualification, 2) ranked nationally and internationally according to their earned total points, and 3) seeded in subsequent competitions according to their total points earned in previous events. Thus, in ski racing, things are done "by the numbers".

Points are used in ski racing because of the unique character of the sport: there is no precisely defined standard field, track, or course for the competition. To compensate for courses of different length, on widely varying terrain, and on snow surfaces that can differ considerably, the FIS legislated 1) guidelines, such as minimum vertical drop, minimum and maximum number of gates, and gate dimensions, for the setting of courses, and 2) formulas for assigning points by relating a racer’s time to the winner’s time.

For more information on how the points are calculated, see Chapter 2, Points and Rankings, of the Alpine Competition Guide which can be found on the r ules page.

Season 2022-23 Alpine Adders

Zeroing of National lists to FIS

U.S. Ski & Snowboard lists are zeroed each summer to bring them in line with the FIS points list - so that FIS and U.S. Ski & Snowboard points for a competitor appearing on both lists will be roughly equivalent. This is done by comparing the FIS and U.S. Ski & Snowboard points of the top USA-FIS racers in each sex/discipline. The zeroing factors shall be such that the average of the U.S. Ski & Snowboard points of these representative competitors after the factors have been added, approaches the average of the FIS points of these competitors. The adders are applied to every U.S. Ski & Snowboard racer’s points.

	DH	SL	GS	SG	AC
Men	13.95	6.29	6.18	15.86	27.13
Women	14.36	8.50	8.51	22.26	41.10

Season 2022-23 Alpine Points List Dates

List	National Close	National Valid	FIS Close	FIS Valid	Masters
Base List		July 14		July 1
List 1	July 15	July 15	July 1	July 1	Dec 7
List 2	July 17	July 21	July 17	July 21	Jan 4
List 3	July 31	Aug 4	July 31	Aug 4	Feb 1
List 4	Aug 14	Aug 18	Aug 14	Aug 18	March 1
List 5	Aug 28	Sept 1	Aug 28	Sept 1	April 5
List 6	Sept 11	Sept 15	Sept 11	Sept 15
List 7	Sept 25	Sept 29	Sept 25	Sept 29
List 8	Oct 16	Oct 20	Oct 16	Oct 20
List 9	Oct 30	Nov 3	Oct 30	Nov 3
List 10	Nov 13	Nov 17	Nov 13	Nov 17
List 11	Nov 27	Dec 1	Nov 27	Dec 1
List 12	Dec 11	Dec 15	Dec 11	Dec 15
List 13	Dec 25	Dec 29	Dec 25	Dec 29
List 14	Jan 8	Jan 12	Jan 8	Jan 12
List 15	Jan 22	Jan 26	Jan 22	Jan 26
List 16	Jan 29	Feb 2	Jan 29	Feb 2
List 17	Feb 19	Feb 23	Feb 19	Feb 23
List 18	March 5	March 9	March 5	March 9
List 19	March 19	March 23	March 19	March 23
List 20	April 2	April 6	April 2	April 6
List 21	April 16	April 20	April 16	April 20
List 22	April 30	May 1	April 30	May 1
List 23	June 1	June 1

Alpine Points Information

To assure that your membership is processed for inclusion on any list, your membership materials must be received at least seven days prior to a closing date. Registrations are not considered received until they are complete. It is the athlete’s responsibility to ensure that his or her U.S. Ski & Snowboard membership registration is received; you can contact U.S. Ski & Snowboard member services (435.647.2666) to check the status of your application.

U.S. Ski & Snowboard and FIS points are not continually being updated; they are recalculated for each new list. For more information on how points are calculated and closing and valid dates, see chapter 2 of your Alpine Competition Guide which can be found in the Resources section. Closing and Valid dates for the points list are listed above.

Single Penalization Situations (sickness, injury, other obligations)

Competitors who are unable to compete in sufficient scored events to maintain their seed points because of injury, illness, studies, military obligations, or church commitments may protect their points through single penalization. Single penalization cannot be requested for lack of calendar opportunities. U.S. Ski & Snowboard and FIS membership must be renewed each year in order to maintain points, even when an athlete has single penalty protection. For more detailed information see the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Alpine Competition Guide, Chapter 2. The form for the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Single Penalty Protection is available on the right. FIS Single Penalty requests need to send an email to jeff.weinman@usskiandsnowboard.org with the name of the athlete and email contact for the athlete. The athlete will receive instructions on how to proceed. Single Penalty requests must be submitted to U.S. Ski & Snowboard for both FIS and U.S. Ski & Snowboard by April 15.

Contact

If you have a question regarding your U.S. Ski & Snowboard or FIS points or ranking, or an event result, please be sure to provide U.S. Ski & Snowboard with sufficient details to help you. Most notably, indicate your sport (alpine, cross country, freestyle, etc.).

Name of athlete and U.S. Ski & Snowboardnumber (if known)
Sport (alpine, cross country, freestyle, nordic combined, ski jumping, snowboard)
U.S. Ski & Snowboard or FIS issue
U.S. Ski & Snowboard or FIS event ID (if appropriate and known) or location and date(s)
Your specific question

Click below to send an email with your specific question or contact:

Margo Yatkeman, National Rankings Coordinator
435.647.2037
margo.yatkeman@usskiandsnowboard.org