Hochkar

The Freeride World Tour season opener should have actually taken place last weekend, January 28-29, 2017, in Chamonix. However, due to the poor snow conditions (see picture of the competition slope), the organizers decided to postpone the start of the season until Wednesday (2 February).

While it is now certain that the FWT will kick off its season between February 9 and 16, 2017 with two contests in Vallnord-Arcalís (Andorra) due to the lack of snow in Chamonix, the only 1* qualifier event took place in the very east of the Alps last weekend. Rider reporter Stephanie was there for us and took part in the event, which is designed to help newcomers to contest freeriding, among other things:

Breathe a sigh of relief! The time had finally come ... The first Open Faces FWQ contest was successfully held on 07.02.2015. In bright sunshine and fantastic powder snow, not only was the first decision made at the 1*Freeride World Qualifier 2015 on the Hochkönig, but the juniors also celebrated their successful OPEN FACES premiere. Some newcomers were particularly impressive in the end.