All eyes will be on Austrian Marcel Hirscher, who will be looking to extend his overall lead on Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway and could already secure victory in the slalom rankings.

In the giant slalom American Ted Ligety, currently third in the overall rankings, has an 85-point advantage over the Austrian in the event rankings.

Slovenia will field six skiers, but unlike Tina Maze among women, they have been in the background so far this season.

The best Team Slovenia can hope is for Mitja Valenčič to make the top 6 in the slalom to qualify for the Lenzerheide finals.

The Kranjska Gora races, collectively called the Vitranc Cup, are among the mainstays of the World Cup circuit and have been organised since 1961.

The giant slalom will be held on Saturday and the slalom on Sunday.