Sara Hector started as seventh before the second run, and went up two places to a final fifth place.
Her best slalom result in the World Cup in her career.
It also became clear that the Austrian Katharina Liensberger won the slalom cup, when she won the competition in Lenzerheide.
She was fastest in both runs and now won the slalom cup before Mikaela Shiffrin, who poked down Petra Vlhova to third place.
Vlhova can, however, look forward to the victory in the overall cup.