Aspen is set to lose its women's downhill event on next year's World Cup calendar, though the Colorado resort will still host two technical events.

The Marquis Claude piste will host a women's slalom and a giant slalom on November 29 and 30, the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association announced.

Beaver Creek is also expected to retain its place on the World Cup calendar, including the classic Birds of Prey downhill, when the International Ski Federation Congress meets in Cape Town next month.

"We're excited to continue to bring World Cup racing to legacy venues such as Beaver Creek and Aspen," said USSA Vice President of Events Calum Clark.

Beaver Creek and Vail are also bidding to host the 2013 World Championship with other contenders including Schladming, Austria, St. Moritz, Switzerland, and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.

"We'll utilize the opportunity of the meetings to promote our great venue partners and our long-term commitment to introducing the next generation to the sport with World Cup stops at Aspen and Beaver Creek and, hopefully, the return of World Championships to the Vail Valley five years from now," Clark said.

Vail last hosted the World Championships in 1999, and before that in 1989.

"Hopefully, we'll have the opportunity to celebrate another World Championships coming to the valley," said Vail Valley Foundation president Ceil Folz.

"Regardless of the outcome of the 2013 vote, the Foundation and Vail Resorts are firmly committed to making Birds of Prey one of the premier men's World Cup events in the world each and every year."

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