The penultimate aerials competition of the season is scheduled to take place in American venue Lake Placid, a host of World Cup competitions since 1985.

Russia’s Maxim Burov was the surprise winner in the men’s event last time out in Deer Valley and will be looking to continue his good form, although he is likely to be pushed by Anton Kushnir of Belarus, who has made three appearances on the podium this season.

Xu Mengtao of China claimed her first gold of the season in the women’s event last time out and will once again be among the medal hopefuls in Lake Placid, although compatriot Kong Fanyu is expected to be close behind.

The slopestyle will also take place in America with Mammoth Mountain set to host the athletes over the next two days.

Both the men’s and women’s competition have been very competitive this season with four different winners in the four events in each category so far.

Øystein Bråten of Norway will be the favourite in the men’s as he looks to increase his lead in the overall rankings.

Home athlete Maggie Voisin, the gold medallist  at Mammoth Mountain last year, will be the name to look out for in the women’s.

Canada's Mikael Kingsbury has dominated the men’s moguls this season and has won each of the six events so far, picking up the record for most moguls wins, 48, along the way.

Expect him to once again be top of the podium on home snow in Tremblant as he looks to head to the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang next month in good form.

The women’s event has been far more competitive by comparison but Jaelin Kauf of the US will still be the favourite going into the competition in Tremblant as she looks to claim her third World Cup title of the season.

Canada will also host the ski cross event this weekend in Nakiska where Sweden’s Sandra Näslund will be looking to make it five consecutive wins in the women’s competition and Marc Bischofberger of Switzerland will be looking to get back on track in the men’s.

After winning three World Cup titles in a row, the 26-year-old failed to claim gold in either of the last two ski cross World Cup events, held in Idre in Sweden, so will be hoping to replicate his success from earlier in the season in Nakiska.

France’s Jean-Frédéric Chapuis, an Olympic gold medallist at Sochi 2014 and defending ski cross World Champion, will be looking to build on his win in Idre.

All four events are due to begin tomorrow  and conclude on Saturday (January 20).