The Vail Valley Foundation, organizer of the Stifel Birds of Prey races in Beaver Creek, announced Friday that the 2025 event will feature four men’s FIS World Cup races for the 2025-26 season, adding a second downhill to the December 4-7 competition schedule. 

The expansion marks one more men’s race than previous seasons and creates an extended weekend of world-class alpine racing on one of the circuit’s most iconic and challenging courses. The enhanced four-race format will showcase the sport’s best athletes competing in two downhills, a super-G, and a giant slalom as they battle for crucial Olympic qualifying points ahead of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Games.

“While summer is in full swing here in the Vail Valley, we are already looking ahead with tremendous excitement to December and the return of the men’s Stifel Birds of Prey World Cup races,” said Sarah Franke, senior vice president of operations for the Vail Valley Foundation. “After the incredible energy and enthusiasm we witnessed hosting both men’s and women’s races in 2024, we’re eager to build on that momentum and deliver another world class event that showcases the best of alpine racing on one of the sport’s most challenging and respected courses.”

Stifel Birds of Prey represents a cornerstone of the U.S. domestic World Cup calendar. With Olympic qualification on the line, the December showdown in Beaver Creek promises to deliver exceptional racing and determine which athletes earn their place on the world’s biggest stage.

For the complete 2025-26 U.S. domestic World Cup schedule featuring 10 events across all disciplines, visit the full announcement from U.S. Ski & Snowboard.