2026 Yeti Natural Selection Tour
- Location:Revelstoke Mountain Resort
- Notes:
- Two Live Event Days from the backcountry at Revelstoke Mountain Resort
- Natural Selection Tour
2026 YETI NATURAL SELECTION ATHLETES
PRE-QUALIFIED RIDERS
The 12 riders who made it to the final day of competition last season automatically have their tickets punched back to Revelstoke.
Women: Madison Blackley (USA), Šárka Pančochová (CZE), Elena Hight (USA), and 2025 Natural Selection Tour Champion Spencer O’Brien (CAN).
Men: Mikey Ciccarelli (CAN), Torgeir Bergrem (NOR), Nils Mindnich (USA), Dustin Craven (CAN), Ståle Sandbech (NOR), Gigi Rüf (AUT), Jared Elston (USA), and Blake Moller (USA).
A total of 24 riders will compete at Revelstoke. Twelve riders will receive automatic invites based on their performances in the 2025 Tour, with the remaining 12 being filled through the Tour’s first stage of competition and wildcards. Wildcards will in part be made up of riders who had to decline invites in previous seasons for injuries or other conflicts in their schedule.
SUPER SESSION RIDERS
NST Snowboarding Super Sessions will premiere February 24, 2026 on Red Bull TV, with qualifying riders revealed within each episode. YETI Natural Selection Revelstoke broadcasts live on Red Bull TV for two days within the March 10-15 competition window.
POWDER MOUNTAIN
Bringing the Super Sessions to the continental U.S. will be Powder Mountain, Utah. Held in a zone known locally as “Don’t Mention It” or DMI. The 1,000-plus-acre zone lies beneath James Peak, Powder Mountain’s highest point and features cliff bands, spines, tech-y chutes and more natural terrain for riders to work with. The resort has plans to add lift access to DMI, but ahead of the lift’s opening, NST athletes will ride the terrain as it exists today: unserved, expansive, and defined by its natural terrain.
Competing in Utah will be Blake Paul, a perennial NST smooth operator is ready to earn his return ticket to Revy; Brin Alexander, a BC crowd favorite, who made an electric NST debut in 2025 dropping first in day one; and Garrett Warnick, an NST rookie and underground backcountry slayer leaving a big mark. One or two more surprise men’s rider names will drop for Powder Mountain in the coming weeks…stay tuned.
EVO’S JOURNEYMAN LODGE AT THE CALLAGHAN, BC
The women will compete in a Super Session at evo’s Journeyman Lodge at the Callaghan near Whistler, British Columbia. The Callaghan is known for its deep Coast Range snowpack, pillow lines, natural gaps, and rolling alpine-to-tree terrain. The event will be entirely human powered, requiring riders to tour for all access and emphasizing backcountry decision-making alongside freestyle meets freeriding performance.
The women’s roster includes Enni Rukajärvi, Katie Kennedy, Stefi Luxton, and Marissa Krawczak, with the potential of an additional mystery rider in the coming weeks. Rukajärvi returns to Natural Selection after competing in DUELS with Elena Hight two years ago. Kennedy makes her Natural Selection debut bringing her multifaceted skills to the backcountry. Luxton, who also competed in Jackson in 2022 and in a 2025 DUEL with Madison Blackley is back to complete some unfinished business. Krawczak, makes her second NST season following a DUEL with Zoi Sadowski-Synnott in 2023. One rider from the Callaghan will qualify for the 2026 YETI Natural Selection Snow in Revelstoke. The second place women’s finisher at this Super Session will be the first alternate at Revy.
MYOKO, JAPAN
The crew returns to Myōkō, Japan, a region known for some of the deepest snowfall in the world for a Super Session stacked with fresh NST blood. The venue for last year’s epic DUEL between Aya Sato and Šárka Pančochová, Myōkō’s terrain features rolling volcanic contours, natural transitions, and evenly spaced trees that create a fast, technical riding environment well suited to super deep snow.
Competing in Myōkō are a crew of exciting rookie NST riders looking to shake things up including Mateo Massitti, Mason Lemery, Miles Fallon, and Takeru Otsuka, representing for Japan on home snow. Two riders from the Myōkō session will advance to Revelstoke.
WILDCARD RIDERS
TO BE ANNOUNCED
EVENT DAY INFO
Natural Selection Revelstoke FAQs
