The people have asked, and the Freeride World Tour (FWT) has answered—next winter, the FWT is headed back to Alaska for a big mountain event in Haines in March 2026 for the YETI Haines Alaska Pro.The event will mark the first Alaskan stop of the FWT since 2017.The FWT’s CEO, Nicolas Hale-Woods, in a conversation with POWDER about the lack of North American FWT stops last summer, teased the possibility of a new Alaskan event in 2026, saying that discussions with prospective partners f