For the first time in the tour’s history, the Freeride World Tour (FWT) has been forced to cancel two consecutive pro events, as the tour announced today that the Fieberbrunn Pro will not take place due to unstable snow conditions and avalanche activity on the Wildseeloder face. The decision comes just days after the relocated Georgia Pro was also scrapped in Kühtai, Austria. With both the third and fourth stops of the 2026 season now off the books, the FWT has reached a critical juncture: “The Cut”—the mid-season elimination that determines who advances to the Finals—will now be decided based on only two results rather than the traditional four.
According to FWT Commissioners and safety teams, conditions on the iconic Wildseeloder face were promising until last weekend. However, a spike in humidity followed by new snowfall compromised the snowpack, triggering a massive avalanche that impacted a significant portion of the competition venue.
Organizers spent the week scouting alternative faces across the Tirol region, but none met the tour’s rigorous safety and “contestability” standards.
“Freeride is one of the few professional sports that does not control its arena,” the FWT Team stated in an official release. “We compete on natural mountain faces shaped entirely by the elements, and when conditions do not allow for safe and fair competition, we cannot run the event.”
The cancellation has sparked immediate debate within the freeride community. Per the FWT 2026 Rulebook, if only two events are completed before the Cut, those two results (Baqueira Beret and Val Thorens) serve as the sole metric for qualification.
This means athletes who had a “throwaway” run or a crash in the first two stops no longer have the Fieberbrunn Pro to redeem their standings. The current overall rankings are now frozen, determining which riders move on to the high-stakes FWT Finals in Haines, Alaska, and Verbier, Switzerland.
While the Pro event is sidelined, the Fieberbrunn event village will remain open through the weekend. The FWT Junior competition is still scheduled for Saturday, March 7, as organizers look to celebrate the local freeride community despite the setback to the professional circuit.
The FWT expressed gratitude to the local organizing committee and Austrian partners for their flexibility during what has become one of the most complex seasons in the tour’s 19-year history.
