Birds of Prey 2026 at Beaver Creek: Seven World Cup Races Dec. 3-13, Start Times

Birds of Prey 2026 at Beaver Creek, Colorado has seven World Cup races from Thursday, Dec. 3 to Sunday, Dec. 13, with the first men’s downhill at 11 a.m. local Mountain Time (MT) on Dec. 3, according to the organizer’s schedule of events. That is 1 p.m. Eastern Time (ET), noon Central Time (CT), 10 a.m. Pacific Time (PT) and 7 p.m. Central European Time (CET). All races are at John and Karen Arnold Red Tail Stadium.

The organizer’s page gives times without a zone. Beaver Creek is on Mountain Time, which is Mountain Standard Time (UTC minus 7 hours) in December, so we read them as local time and converted the rest. The Vail Valley Foundation says the World Cup schedule is preliminary and pending final approval by the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) Council. NBC Sports calls its own copy of the calendar provisional and “subject to council approval”.

Birds of Prey 2026 race times in ET, CT, MT, PT and CET

Date	Race	MT (local)	ET	CT	PT	CET
Thu., Dec. 3	Men’s downhill	11:00 a.m.	1:00 p.m.	noon	10:00 a.m.	7:00 p.m.
Fri., Dec. 4	Men’s downhill	11:00 a.m.	1:00 p.m.	noon	10:00 a.m.	7:00 p.m.
Sat., Dec. 5	Men’s super-G	10:30 a.m.	12:30 p.m.	11:30 a.m.	9:30 a.m.	6:30 p.m.
Sun., Dec. 6	Men’s giant slalom	10:00 a.m.	noon	11:00 a.m.	9:00 a.m.	6:00 p.m.
Fri., Dec. 11	Women’s downhill	11:00 a.m.	1:00 p.m.	noon	10:00 a.m.	7:00 p.m.
Sat., Dec. 12	Women’s downhill	11:00 a.m.	1:00 p.m.	noon	10:00 a.m.	7:00 p.m.
Sun., Dec. 13	Women’s super-G	11:00 a.m.	1:00 p.m.	noon	10:00 a.m.	7:00 p.m.

Local times are from the organizer’s schedule of events; the ET, CT, PT and CET columns are our conversions, using UTC minus 5, minus 6 and minus 8 hours for the U.S. zones and UTC plus 1 hour for CET. Every race falls on the same calendar day in all five zones.

What races are in the men’s and women’s weekends?

The men’s weekend is Dec. 3-6 and, per NBC Sports, has “two downhills, one super-G and a giant slalom”. The women’s weekend is Dec. 11-13 with “two downhills and a super-G”. The second women’s downhill was added in a Vail Valley Foundation release dated May 7, 2026, which put the event at “December 3-13, 2026”.

What else is on the Birds of Prey schedule?

The organizer’s page lists events around the races:

Date	Event
Fri., Dec. 4	Men’s Award Ceremony and Bib Draw, 6:00 p.m. MT, Birds of Prey Way
Fri., Dec. 4	Fireworks, 6:30 p.m. MT
Fri., Dec. 4	U.S. Alpine Ski Team autograph session (men), 3 p.m. MT
Fri., Dec. 11	U.S. Alpine Ski Team autograph session (women), 3 p.m. MT
Sat., Dec. 12	Women’s Award Ceremony and Bib Draw, 6:00 p.m. MT, Birds of Prey Way
Sat., Dec. 12	Fireworks, 6:00 p.m. MT

Free live music is listed on Birds of Prey Way on Dec. 3, 4 and 12. Training run times and general admission prices are not yet posted on the schedule.

Who won the 2025 Birds of Prey downhill, and where is it on TV?

In 2025, Marco Odermatt won the men’s downhill on Dec. 4, his 48th World Cup victory, according to the International Ski and Snowboard Federation. That is last year’s result and says nothing about 2026. U.S. TV and streaming for the 2026 races are not yet announced.

Birds of Prey dates to mark on a December 2026 calendar

Mark Dec. 3 and Dec. 11 on the December 2026 printable calendar or a printable weekly calendar. The race card printable puts all seven races on one sheet in ET, CT, MT and PT. Skiers planning a trip can check the 2026-27 ski resort opening dates, and the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix time zone guide shows the same kind of conversion for racing.