For this reason, Golden has become a freeride capital, offering perfect terrain for big mountain competitions.
It was more of a How do we create an on-mountain party?
A little off-the-cuff from a normal freeride event, said Jordan.
The vision was to make it an event that was as equally entertaining for spectators as athletes.
Photos courtesy of Jordan Petrovics.
Every year it was the best place to be, added Jordan.
Employees dressed up as cowboys, lifts were surrounded by haystacks and fake robberies were planned throughout the day.
People wont do them today.
They still were able to set up their line to still hit the jump.
The event was run for four years in the true, original cowboy-esque format.
The Freeride World Tour saw the potential in the terrain and took the reigns of the event in 2012.
The addition of the tour gave local skies an opportunity to compete on a bigger stage.
Slightly lookers right to Wrangle the Chute venue, Truth and Dare.
Every single North American competitor on the tour has competed in Wrangle the Chute as a qualifier.
Its an iconic event that brings together a community of reallyreallygood skiers down reallyreallyscary lines.
It wasnt until the 2018 season that the top-tier FWT competition made its debut stop at Kicking Horse.
Ozone Face, not to be skied by the faint of heart.
He began competing at Kicking Horse as a junior on the Whistler Freeride Team.
Liam Peiffer at Wrangle the Chute in 2018.
In this particularly shallow year, there were many sharks in the snow.
Liam added that if you think youre going to hit a rock, youre going to hit a rock.
Logan Pehotas 2018 Ozone run, avoiding all the sharks.
Excited to be on the podium.
Everywhere you look on the mountain there is another feature to hit or a new zone to explore.
It feels like the wild west of ski resorts in British Columbia.
