The Freeride World Tour will not return to Haines this winter, officials said this week.
“For the moment, we do not have the finances to come back to Haines,” said general manager Julien Hess.
The Freeride World Tour, an international skiing and snowboarding competition that has brought about 30 athletes to Haines for the last three years, was the most expensive stop of the tour, Hess said in March. Athletes also competed in Verbier, Switzerland,…

