Leysin is to host the Park and Pipe Junior World Championships ©Getty Images

The International Ski Federation (FIS) Park and Pipe Junior World Championships is set to start in Leysin in Switzerland, with the week featuring some of the most-promising freestylers globally.

Scheduled to run until Sunday (March 13), qualification will begin today before men's and women's freeski halfpipe finals commence tomorrow.

Competition is also to take place in big air and slopestyle.

Snowboard events are to run alongside the freeski, coinciding on the same days.

Big air qualification is scheduled for Wednesday (March 9) followed by finals on Thursday (March 10).

Leysin held events during the Lausanne 2020 Youth Winter Olympics ©Getty Images
Leysin held events during the Lausanne 2020 Youth Winter Olympics ©Getty Images

Slopestyle qualifying is then set for Saturday (March 12), with the men's and women's finals due to follow on the Sunday.

Leysin has previously held the Halfpipe Junior World Championships during the 2018-2019 season, as well as events at the Lausanne 2020 Youth Olympic Winter Games.

Skiers and snowboarders at the Championships will be using this as a development platform towards the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games in four years time.