Our duty to the mountains
Sustainability
As riders, organizers, and mountain lovers, we are on the frontlines of climate change. Since 2020, the FWT has committed to a long-term sustainability journey, taking action each season to protect the places that shape our sport.
ACTING on OUR carbon impact
We’re committed to reducing our carbon footprint, with a strong focus on sustainable mobility. Our key actions include:
- Covering 100% of FWT riders’ train travel to every stop on the tour. 45’511km covered by 38 athletes using public transportation, avoiding 14T of Co2 emissions in 2025!
- Offering a 40% discount on ski passes for anyone traveling to Xtreme Verbier by train.
- No more heli-filming as of the 2024-25 season.
- Measuring FWT’s carbon footprint across scopes 1, 2, and 3.
- Cutting emissions across all departments of the organization.
- Conducting on-site surveys at each stop to better understand how spectators travel to our events.
FOSTERING safer FREERIDE PRACTICES
Safety is our top priority at the FWT. We are constantly working to promote safer practices in our sport—both on the mountain and in terms of mental health. Our key actions include:
- Partnering with WeMountain to strengthen mountain safety education for our licensed riders & staff
- Offering free mountain safety workshops for riders, staff, and the public.
- Organizing dedicated workshops on mental health and concussion awareness.
- Free baseline ImPACT tests to all FWT riders to support concussion management.
FOSTERING GENDER EQUALITY IN FREERIDE
Our gender equality program aims to increase the participation of women across all areas of freeriding — from athletes and coaches to judges and organizers. Our key actions include:
- Annual reports to track representation across all stakeholder groups.
- Financial support for women-led initiatives, such as all-women freeride camps.
- Organizing all-women judging training sessions to foster diversity in event juries.
- Women-only freeride clinic at Xtreme Verbier, in partnership with Peak Performance and Recco — 50 women joined the 2025 edition!
- Women-only competition during Verbier Freeride Week.
- Amplifying the visibility of women in freeride through dedicated media and content initiatives.
- Integrating gender equality guidelines into the Riders Handbook at all FWT levels: Pro, Qualifier, and Junior.
Visit our Gender Equality webpage for more details about our ongoing actions and commitments.
BUT IT DOESN't stop there
Our commitment goes beyond mobility, safety and gender equality. Here are a few more actions we’re taking:
- Implementing an efficient waste management system at all stops, in partnership with Summit Foundation (learn more about our collaboration below).
- Investing in recycling stations to improve waste sorting and reduce landfill.
- Cutting down on single-use plastics at Xtreme Verbier by requiring all food & beverage suppliers to use reusable or compostable cutlery and containers.
- Contributing to scientific research by supporting snow sampling as part of a study led by Summit Foundation and EPFL
- Sustainability workshop bringing together all FWT staff and partners to collaboratively brainstorm and shape a better future.
summit foundation and our collaboration
Protecting our playground
Thanks to the support of the Swiss NGO Summit Foundation, we inform and raise awareness among riders and the community to limit the impact of human beings on the mountain. To this end, Summit Foundation provides the Freeride World Tour with litter awareness messages and sorting solutions for every European stage. In addition, the foundation has been present for many years at the Verbier Xtreme with its Green Team in the public area. It raises awareness among spectators, distributes hundreds of pocket garbage tins every year and ensures that the site is kept clean. The NGO also installs awareness-raising messages in Verbier's main square during the week of the finals. Finally, the Freeride World Tour took part in a Summit Foundation scientific project by sampling snow on both the “Petit” and “Grand” Becs des Rosses during the finals in Verbier.
Contact us
If you have any suggestions or questions about sustainability at the Freeride World Tour, we invite you to use the form below to contact us.