Yeti Xtreme Verbier

The final event of FWT23, the YETI Xtreme Verbier, is confirmed for Saturday, March 25th.

Athletes will drop just below the top of the legendary Bec des Rosses with riders of all categories dropping in from a single start gate, giving them almost 600 vertical meters of extremely technical terrain to navigate, which reaches a gradient of over 50 degrees in some places. It’s been a while since the FWT riders haven’t been riding the full Bec Des Rosses from the summit and this is therefore an exciting moment especially as most of the riders are newcomers on the Freeride World Tour and the pressure is at its maximum. The weather pattern is very unpredictable, and Saturday is the best window before a snowstorm with 40 to 60 cm of new snow and over 80 km/h of wind. Despite the generally dangerous snowpack in the area, the Bec kept all its winter cover and it’s safe even after the bombings the head mountain guide performed yesterday. In fact, the snow conditions are some of the best ever seen on the Bec, with roughly 20 cm of fresh snow over a firm and stompable underlayer.

Watch the YETI Xtreme Verbier live on freerideworldtour.com

Competition will kick off at 9:30am CET, with the live stream action starting at 9:20am CET at www.freerideworldtour.com. The order of play is as follows:

• Snowboard Men
• Ski Men
• Ski Women 
• Snowboard Women