The 34-year-old flew off a jump and careered off the course in Tuesday's super-G, the penultimate race of her glittering career after announcing her retirement because of the toll the sport has taken on her "broken" body last week.
After race officials and medics rushed to her aid, Vonn eventually got back up and skied tentatively down the course.
She was greeted with a rousing ovation in the finish area and waved to the large crowd as she took off her skis.
The American's final race is scheduled to be Saturday's downhill after she said her "body is broken" and was finally listening to her body "telling her to stop."
Vonn has won 82 World Cup races, second on the all-time list behind Ingemar Stenmark (86), and is the most successful women's ski racer of all time.
She was a double world champion in 2009 and clinched Olympic downhill gold in 2010. Despite a host of injuries in recent years, Vonn fought back to clinch downhill bronze in the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang.
Compatriot Mikalea Shiffrin, who started immediately before her, took the lead with a host of racers still to come including Olympic super-G champion Ester Ledecka.
More to follow.
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