A new freeride era
Freeride extremes celebrate three decades of legend
Thirty years ago, already… It was, in fact, on 24th March 1996 when the secretive first edition of the Xtreme de Verbier took place. The Freeride World Tour, launched a good decade later in its wake, transformed this spectacular discipline into an icon of modern-day skiing, attracting large crowds of spectators. Like every year, the FWT will finish its annual circuit on the Bec des Rosses (28thMarch to 5th April 2026), Verbier’s freeride headquarters and where it all really began. The competition will make earlier stops, beginning mid-January, in Baqueira Beret (Spain), Val Thorens(France), Georgia, Fieberbrunn (Austria) and Alaska — a welcome return to action after an eight-year hiatus.