TL;DR
The third stop of the 2026 Freeride World Tour has been cancelled after unsafe snowpack conditions forced organisers to abandon the Georgia Pro at Tetnuldi resort. Rather than write off the round entirely, the FWT has moved quickly to restage the event at Kühtai near Innsbruck, Austria — a venue that already knows how to host a freeride competition.
Freeride World Tour Georgia Pro Cancelled and Restaged in Kühtai, Austria
The third stop of the 2026 FIS Freeride World Tour by Peak Performance has been cancelled after organisers determined snow conditions at Tetnuldi resort in Georgia's Svaneti region were too dangerous to proceed. Rather than simply dropping the round from the calendar, the FWT has moved the event to Kühtai near Innsbruck, Austria, where competition is expected to take place this Thursday or Friday.
Why Georgia Was Called Off
The Georgia Pro had a competition window scheduled from February 22–28, but despite multiple assessments from FWT officials, mountain safety experts, and local professionals, the snowpack at the Mestia venue didn't come close to meeting the standards required to run a safe event.
The FWT's statement was pretty direct: "Current conditions do not meet the standards required to ensure athlete and staff safety. Multiple venue and scheduling options were carefully assessed before reaching this decision, and the structural instability observed would not sufficiently improve within the available window."
That's not a soft call to make. Georgia was added to the FWT calendar in 2024 and had built a reputation for impressive terrain in the Caucasus — but you can't run a freeride comp on a snowpack that's structurally unstable, full stop.
