Men's and women's action is on the agenda at the Swiss resort, beginning with men's slopestyle qualifying tomorrow.

Halfpipe qualifying for both men and women is also due to take place tomorrow.

Friday (January 14) is set aside for slopestyle semi-finals for both men and women, before finals in both disciplines are due to take place on Saturday (January 15).

All of this season's previous slopestyle and halfpipe events on the Snowboard World Cup circuit took place in North America, so the field in Laax is expected to have a different feel but is still full of stars.

Three-time Olympic halfpipe champion White is poised to compete, having made a late decision to head to Switzerland.

The American, who battled COVID-19 earlier in the season, sat out of last week's World Cup at Mammoth Mountain and is still not assured of a Beijing 2022 spot.

Kim, another American who is also a reigning Olympic halfpipe champion, is set to make her first appearance of the World Cup season and headlines the women's halfpipe field.

China's Cai Xetung, who placed first and second in the previous two halfpipe World Cup legs this season, is poised to be among Kim's principle rivals, along with a flurry of talented Japanese riders.

World champion Yūto Totsuka and Pyeongchang 2018 runner-up Ayumu Hirano should spearhead the Japanese charge in the men's event.

As for the slopestyle, back-to-back Olympic champion Jamie Anderson headlines the women's entries and is coming off a win in Mammoth.

Sweden's Niklas Mattsson was victorious in the men's slopestyle contest at this venue last season, which remains his only World Cup victory, and is back for more.