Overview
- On Saturday Paula Moltzan claimed her first World Cup victory in the women's giant slalom while Emma Aicher surged from ninth to third and Mikaela Shiffrin, who led after the first run, slipped to seventh.
- On Sunday Lucas Pinheiro Braathen won the men's giant slalom with Loïc Meillard second and Marco Odermatt third, and Fabian Gratz was the top German in sixth place.
- The FIS jury and the local organising committee moved starts to a reserve position because of strong wind, and changing wind, light and piste conditions in both races materially influenced run order and final placings.
- Aicher's podium in a discipline she has struggled with has intensified talk of her as a genuine overall contender, while Braathen's dominant win positions him as a clear challenger to Odermatt and Shiffrin's result represents an early setback for her planned GS and Super-G focus.
- The Sölden outcomes set fresh storylines that will be tested at the next World Cup stops in Levi and Copper Mountain and at the World Championships in Crans-Montana in February.