The face of Cirque de Fond Blanc at Les Arcs in the French Alps was the spectacular venue for the world’s best freeskiers at the biggest backcountry freestyle competition in Europe, the Red Bull Linecatcher 2015.

Building on his third-place finish in the last competition, the Swiss skier Nicolas Vuignier left the competition dazed with a run worth 93.3 points to win the competition. His compatriot Laurent De Martin took second place ahead of the Frenchman Flo Bastien.

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