By USSA

PARK CITY -– The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association has confirmed a plan to run U.S. only Olympic qualifiers this week at Mammoth Mountain to replace the snowboarding halfpipe and slopestyle competitions that were canceled due to snow and low visibility at Breckenridge on Saturday.

The canceled competitions were the third of five Olympic qualifiers.

Various options were considered by the USSA and it was determined that the most fair way to conduct Olympic qualification in slopestyle and halfpipe was to replace the events and stay at five qualifiers.

The new third qualifiers would be open to any U.S. athletes who were eligible to compete at Breckenridge. The field for the fourth and fifth qualifiers would remain as planned with only the top athletes in the rankings after three events.

Proposed schedule:

Sprint U.S. Grand Prix, Mammoth Mountain (all times local)

Jan. 16

9:30-11am – Slopestyle Final – U.S. Olympic qualification No. 3

1:30-3pm – Slopestyle Final – U.S. Olympic qualification

Jan. 17

9:30-10:45an – Halfpipe Final – U.S. Olympic qualification No. 3

12:10-2:30pm – Halfpipe Final – U.S. Olympic qualification No. 4

Jan. 18

11am-1pm – Slopestyle Final – U.S. Olympic qualification No. 5

Jan. 19

11:40am-2pm – Halfpipe Final – U.S. Olympic qualification No. 5.

Announcement of team nominations to follow.