Welcome to the 2026 Toyota U.S. Grand Prix – a FIS Freeski & Snowboard World Cup halfpipe and slopestyle event at Aspen Snowmass, Colorado!

This content hub will accommodate all media needs. Please reach out with any questions—we want to ensure you have what you need to cover the event. Without valuable media partners such as yourself, we would not be able to tell the athletes' stories as successfully!

Media Logistics

• To register for media credentials, please click here.
• Credential pickup is on the first floor/lower level of Buttermilk Mountain Lodge.
• Media tents: Buttermilk Finish Area (near base of halfpipe) or Snowmass Finish Area (Lower Banzai Trail, across slope from Hot Dogger)
• Shuttles run between Buttermilk Mountain and Snowmass daily starting Jan. 5 from 7 a.m.-5 p.m. on a loop—MUST HAVE CREDS ON YOU (Pickup/dropoff: Main Buttermilk parking lot / Snowmass Mall Transit Center)

General Key Facts:

• The massive 22-foot-tall halfpipe, the Olympic qualifying standard, is nearly 550 feet in length and 70 feet wide and has an 18-degree pitch.
• Athletes typically perform about five skills throughout the length of the halfpipe.
• The halfpipe will be at Buttermilk, with easy hike-to access to stand at the bottom of the pipe or on the skiers' right/lookers' left wall during the competition.
• The slopestyle course will be on Cabin Run at Snowmass, which requires ski/ride-to access. 

Toyota U.S. Grand Prix Facts

• The Toyota U.S. Grand Prix is the longest-running winter action sports tour and has been a major part of the Stifel U.S. Freeski Team and Hydro Flask U.S. Snowboard Team Olympic qualification series since 1998. It has launched Olympic medalists toward medals, including Chloe Kim, Jamie Anderson, Red Gerard, Shaun White, David Wise and Nick Goepper.
• In the qualifications phase, the best one of two runs counts. 10 women and 14 men will go to the finals.
• In the finals, the best one run of two runs counts.
• The Snowboard & Freeski FIS Event Page includes the event program, start lists, results and live scores during the event.

Competition Schedule:

2026 Toyota U.S. Grand Prix  
(all times in MST)

Monday, Jan. 5
9:30am-12:00pm - Men's and women's freeski halfpipe and snowboard slopestyle practice
12:30pm-3:00pm - Men's and women's snowboard halfpipe and freeski slopestyle practice 

Tuesday, Jan. 6
9:30am-12:00pm - Men's and women's snowboard halfpipe and freeski slopestyle practice 
12:30pm-3:00pm - Men's and women's freeski halfpipe and snowboard slopestyle practice

Wednesday, Jan. 7
9:00-10:30am - women’s freeski slopestyle qualification / women’s snowboard halfpipe qualification
​11:30am-1:00pm - men’s freeski slopestyle qualification, heat 1 / men’s snowboard halfpipe qualification, heat 1
1:30-2:40pm - men’s snowboard halfpipe qualification, heat 2
2:00-3:30pm - men’s freeski slopestyle qualification, heat 2 

Thursday, Jan. 8
9:00-10:20 - women’s freeski halfpipe qualification / women’s snowboard slopestyle qualification
11:20am-12:30pm - men’s freeski halfpipe qualification, heat 1
11:30am-1pm - men’s snowboard slopestyle qualification, heat 1
1:30-2:40pm - men's freeski halfpipe qualification, heat 2
2:00-3:30pm - men’s snowboard slopestyle qualification, heat 2

Friday, Jan. 9
9:30am-11:15am - freeski slopestyle finals 
1:00pm-3:00pm - snowboard halfpipe finals

Saturday, Jan. 10
9:30am-11:15am - snowboard slopestyle finals
1:00pm-3:00pm - freeski halfpipe finals
6:00-6:45pm - Road to Italy: USA Team Send Off presented by Toyota at Gondola Plaza - an Olympic team naming event

Halfpipe takes place at Buttermilk; slopestyle is at Snowmass.

For more details, reference the FIS schedules:
Snowboard
Freeski

Start lists will be published the night before each event and linked below; results will be published right after the event

Snowboard Halfpipe

Qualification Results
Women
Men

Final Results
Women
Men

Snowboard Slopestyle

Qualification Results
Women
Men

Final Results
Women
Men

Freeski Halfpipe

Qualification Results
Women
Men

Final Results
Women
Men

Freeski Slopestyle

Qualification Results
Women
Men

Final Results
Women
Men

CREATIVE ASSETS
B-roll: No more than 3:00 minutes total usage, geoblocked to the USA only.  

• Video - If you need video, please email [email protected]
• Photo - SmugMug
  • Freeski
  • Snowboard 

News:

Broadcast & streaming schedule (all times ET)

Friday, Jan. 9
11:30am - freeski slopestyle finals - LIVE on Outside 
3:00pm - snowboard halfpipe finals - LIVE on Outside 

Saturday, Jan. 10
11:30am - snowboard slopestyle finals - LIVE on Outside 
2:00pm - snowboard halfpipe & freeski slopestyle finals - TAPE DELAY on CNBC, Peacock
3:00pm - freeski halfpipe finals - LIVE on Outside 

Sunday, Jan. 11
4:00pm - snowboard slopestyle & freeski halfpipe finals - TAPE DELAY on NBC, Peacock

Media contacts:
Erin Doyle, Stifel U.S. Freeski Press Officer, [email protected]
Sadie Texer, Hydro Flask U.S. Snowboard Team Press Officer, [email protected] 
Courtney Harkins, Sr. Director, Marketing & Communications, [email protected]