This year鈥檚 FIS World Cup聽 has already been full of surprises:聽Lindsey Vonn announced in a that she will delay her retirement after an injury forced her to miss her favorite stop, Canada鈥檚 Lake Louise.听The postponement buys聽her extra time to break Ingemar Stenmark鈥檚 record of 86 World Cup wins. Meanwhile, 23-year-old phenom Mikaela Shiffrin聽recently moved up to fourth on the all-time-wins list. She also became the first skier to win races in all six World Cup disciplines, after notching her first-ever victory in the super-G. Shiffrin is the favorite to win the聽overall title鈥攚hich would be her third in a row鈥攁nd is aiming to earn her fourth-straight slalom title.听
The race is much tighter on the men鈥檚 side, with Austria鈥檚 Max Franz and Vincent Kriechmayr聽and Switzerlan诲鈥檚 Mauro Caviezel all vying for the top spot. Franz took home聽surprising back-to-back wins at Lake Louise and Beaver Creek, while the seven-time World Cup overall champ, Austria鈥檚 Marcel Hirscher, who has been called ,聽has had a bit of a slow start. But聽there鈥檚 plenty of life left in this season, with the World Championships in February and聽near-weekly races聽until mid-March.
Here鈥檚 how to tune into the action.
Where to Watch
Most events will be streamed live聽on , the NBC Sports app, and the Olympic Channel鈥檚 and app, with all Olympic Channel events also available on NBC Sports platforms. ,聽like the night slalom in Semmering, Austria, will air exclusively on NBC Sports聽Gol诲鈥檚聽Snow Pass, a stand-alone streaming service that offers live and on-demand coverage of all World Cup events聽without a cable subscription. To watch events on NBC Sports and the Olympic Channel platforms, you鈥檒l need to log in using your cable provider.
When to Watch
You can watch the events online at the same time they air on television, or tune in later for full event replays on the NBC Sports website. Below is a full schedule of live events (all Eastern Standard Time).
December 14鈥15:聽Val Gardena, Italy (Men鈥檚)*
Friday, December 14
6 A.M. Men鈥檚 Super-G (NBC, Olympic)
Saturday, December 15
6聽A.M. Men鈥檚 Downhill (NBC, Olympic)
*On December 3, FIS announced that the scheduled women鈥檚 events for December 14鈥15 would be canceled due to poor snow conditions in Val 诲鈥滨蝉猫re, France. Check out its聽 for updated information on a replacement event.听
December 16鈥17: Val Gardena (Women鈥檚) and Alta Badia, Italy (Men鈥檚)
Sunday, December 16
5 A.M. Women鈥檚 Super-G (NBC, Olympic)
7 A.M. Men鈥檚 Giant Slalom (NBC, Olympic)
Monday, December 17
12 P.M. Men鈥檚 Parallel Grand Slalom (NBC, Olympic)
December 21鈥22: Courchevel, France聽(Women鈥檚), and Madonna di Campiglio, Italy (Men鈥檚)
Friday, December 21
7:30 A.M. Women鈥檚 Giant Slalom (NBC, Olympic)
Saturday, December 22
7:30 A.M. Women鈥檚 Slalom (NBC, Olympic)
11 A.M. Men鈥檚 Slalom (NBC, Olympic)
December 28鈥29: Semmering, Austria聽(Women鈥檚),聽and Bormio, Italy (Men鈥檚)
Friday, December 28
4:30 A.M. Women鈥檚 Giant Slalom (Snow Pass)
5:30 A.M. Men鈥檚 Downhill (NBC, Olympic)
Saturday, December 29
4:30 A.M. Women鈥檚 Slalom (Snow Pass)
5:30 A.M. Men鈥檚 Super-G (NBC, Olympic)
January 5鈥6: Zagreb, Croatia
Saturday, January 5
10 A.M. Women鈥檚 Slalom (NBC, Olympic)
Sunday, January 6
9:30 A.M. Men鈥檚 Slalom (NBC, Olympic)
January 8: Flachau, Austria
12 P.M. Women鈥檚 Slalom (Snow Pass)
January 12鈥13: St. Anton, Austria (Women鈥檚), and Adelboden, Switzerland (Men鈥檚)
Saturday, January 12
5:45 A.M. Women鈥檚 Downhill (Snow Pass)
7:30 A.M. Men鈥檚 Giant Slalom (NBC, Olympic)
Sunday, January 13
5:30 A.M. Women鈥檚 Super-G (Snow Pass)
7:30 A.M. Men鈥檚 Slalom (NBC, Olympic)
January 15: Kronplatz, Italy
7 A.M. Women鈥檚 Giant Slalom (NBC, Olympic)
January 18鈥20: Cortina 诲鈥橝mpezzo, Italy (Women鈥檚), and Wengen, Switzerland (Men鈥檚)
Thursday, January 18
8 A.M. Men鈥檚 Combined (NBC, Olympic)
Friday, January 19
4:30 A.M. Women鈥檚 Downhill (NBC, Olympic)
6:30 A.M. Men鈥檚 Downhill (NBC, Olympic)
Saturday, January 20
5 A.M. Women鈥檚 Super-G (NBC, Olympic)
7聽A.M. Men鈥檚 Slalom (NBC, Olympic)
January 25鈥27: Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany (Women鈥檚), and Kitzb眉hel, Austria (Men鈥檚)
Friday, January 25
5:30 A.M. Men鈥檚 Super-G (Snow Pass)
Saturday, January 26
4 A.M. Women鈥檚 Downhill (NBC, Olympic)
5:30 A.M. Men鈥檚 Downhill (Snow Pass)
Sunday, January 27
4:30 A.M. Men鈥檚 Slalom (Snow Pass)
5:30 A.M. Women鈥檚 Super-G (NBC, Olympic)
January 28鈥29: Schladming, Austria (Women鈥檚), and Kitzb眉hel, Austria (Men鈥檚)
Monday, January 28
4 P.M. Men鈥檚 Downhill (NBC)
Tuesday January 29
11:45 A.M. Men鈥檚 Slalom (Snow Pass)
February 1鈥3: Maribor, Slovenia (Women鈥檚), and Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany聽(Men鈥檚)
Friday, February 1
7 A.M. Women鈥檚 Giant Slalom (NBC, Olympic)
Saturday, February 2
5:30 A.M. Men鈥檚 Downhill (NBC,聽Olympic)
7 A.M. Women鈥檚 Slalom (NBC, Olympic)
Sunday February 3
7:30 A.M. Men鈥檚 Giant Slalom (NBC, Olympic)
February 5鈥17: World Championships, 脜re, Sweden
Tuesday, February 5
6:30 A.M. Women鈥檚 Super-G (NBC)
Wednesday, February 6
6:30 A.M. Men鈥檚 Super-G (NBC)
Thursday, February 7
5 A.M. Women鈥檚 Combined Downhill聽(NBC)
Friday, February 8
10 A.M. Women鈥檚 Combined Slalom
Saturday, February 9
6:30 A.M. Men鈥檚 Downhill (NBC, Olympic)
Sunday, February 10
6:30 A.M. Women鈥檚 Downhill (NBC, Olympic)
Monday, February 11
5 A.M. Men鈥檚 Combined Downhill (NBC)
8:30 A.M. Men鈥檚 Combined Slalom (NBC)
Tuesday, February 12
10 A.M. Team Event (NBC)
Thursday, February 14
8 A.M. Women鈥檚 Giant Slalom (NBC, Olympic)
10:30 A.M. Women鈥檚 Giant Slalom (NBC)
Friday, February 15
5 A.M. Women鈥檚 Slalom (NBC, Olympic)
8 A.M. Men鈥檚 Giant Slalom (NBC, Olympic)
Sunday, February 16
5 A.M. Men鈥檚 Slalom (NBC, Olympic)
7 A.M. Women鈥檚 Slalom聽(NBC)
Monday, February 17
7 A.M. Men鈥檚 Slalom聽(NBC)
8 A.M. Men鈥檚 Slalom (NBC)
February 22鈥24: Crans-Montana, Switzerland (Women鈥檚), and Bansko, Bulgaria (Men鈥檚)
Friday, February 22
7 A.M. Men鈥檚 Combined (NBC, Olympic)
Saturday, February 23
4:30 A.M. Women鈥檚 Downhill (NBC, Olympic)
Monday, February 24
6:30 A.M. Men鈥檚 Giant Slalom (NBC, Olympic)
7:30 A.M. Women鈥檚 Combined (NBC, Olympic)
March 2鈥3: Sochi, Russia (Women鈥檚), and Kvitfjell, Norway (Men鈥檚)
Saturday, March 2
2:30 A.M. Women鈥檚 Downhill (NBC, Olympic)
4 A.M. Men鈥檚 Downhill (NBC, Olympic)
Sunday, March 3
2:30 A.M. Women鈥檚 Super-G (NBC, Olympic)
5 A.M. Men鈥檚 Super-G (NBC, Olympic)
March 8鈥10: Spindleruv Mlyn, Czech Republic (Women鈥檚), and Kranjska Gora, Slovenia (Men鈥檚)
Friday, March 8
7:30 A.M. Women鈥檚 Giant Slalom (NBC, Olympic)
Saturday, March 9
6:30 A.M. Men鈥檚 Giant Slalom (NBC, Olympic)
7:30 A.M. Women鈥檚 Slalom (NBC, Olympic)
Sunday, March 10
7:30 A.M. Men鈥檚 Slalom
March 13鈥17: World Cup Finals, Soldeu, Andorra
Wednesday, March 13
5:30 A.M. Men鈥檚 Downhill (NBC, Olympic)
7 A.M. Women鈥檚 Downhill (NBC,Olympic)
Thursday, March 14
5:30 A.M. Women鈥檚 Super-G (NBC, Olympic)
7 A.M. Men鈥檚 Super-G (NBC, Olympic)
Friday, March 15
7 A.M. Team Event (NBC, Olympic)
Saturday, March 16
7 A.M. Men鈥檚 Giant Slalom (NBC, Olympic)
8 A.M. Women鈥檚 Slalom (NBC, Olympic)
Sunday, March 17
7 A.M. Women鈥檚 Super-G (NBC, Olympic)
8 A.M. Men鈥檚 Slalom (NBC, Olympic)