Also present will be Gisin's compatriots Wendy Holdener, who took bronze in the Winter Olympic combined event and gold in the mixed team event last month.

The latter was in company with Denise Feierabend, who will also be competing at the Swiss World Cup.

Gisin and Holdener will be taking part in the second of the two scheduled combined races in this season's World Cup on Sunday (March 4) after super-G action tomorrow.

The latter has the least to do given that she leads the combined standings with 100 points as the winner of the first race in Lenzerheide on January 26.

The super-G event will be the penultimate leg this season with the last scheduled at the season's finale at Are in Sweden from March 14 to 18.

Switzerland's Lara Gut leads the World Cup standings after six of the eight races on 339 points, closely followed by Tina Weirather of Liechtenstein on 321.

Crans-Montana is seeking to promote its candidature for the Alpine World Championships in 2025, in close collaboration with Swiss-Ski and the canton of Valais.

In the event that it is not selected, the plan is to bid again for 2027 or 2029.

One of the main areas of work at the venue is the transformation of the finish area stadium into a multifunctional arena for both winter and summer events.

The plans are already well underway, and meet the demands of the FIS.

Meanwhile, the Swiss city of Sion is pursuing its bid to host the 2026 Winter Olympics, with the decision due in September next year.

If Sion's efforts are successful, Crans-Montana will host men's and women's Alpine events.

The men's World Cup circuit resumes this weekend at Kranjska Gora with the seventh of the eight scheduled giant slaloms and the 11th of the 12 slaloms.

Austria's Marcel Hirscher, Olympic champion in the giant slalom, leads the World Cup standings after six of the eight races with 520 points, with Norway's Henrik Kristoffersen on 415.

Hirscher also leads Kristoffersen in the overall slalom standings, 774 points to 630.