Park City, UT – This weekend, many of the world’s top female professional and amateur skiers and snowboarders will flock to Park City to compete at the 6th Annual Queens Cup Open (QCO) held at Park City Mountain Resort.nThe event will kick off on Friday with the first ever Pro-Throw Down Rail Jam. The slopestyle contest will run on Saturday, and the halfpipe contest will take place on Sunday.

“Queen’s Cup has always been a great way to get talented girls from all across North America to come out and have a good time,” said professional skier Dania Assaly, who skis out of Park City and won the first stop of the Dew Tour. “Skiing is a passion that we all love and commit to year round. To bring a group of enthusiastic girls together and ski hard and progress is something that we do not get to do everyday. I look forward to this event every year.”

This year’s first ever Pro Throw Down, on Friday evening, might feel more like a tiki party than a rail jam but the stakes are high. With a $500 winner-take-all cash purse in each division, female skiers and snowboarders will need to do more than just have a day on the beach. Entry costs $10 including a ticket in the High Fives Raffle, and all proceeds will be donated to the High Fives Foundation to raise money and awareness for athletes who suffer a life altering injury.

For the Slopestyle and Halfpipe events, the QCO will utilize a unique team format. Invited pros, including Park City locals Ashley Battersby, Eric Durtschi, Anna Borgman and Veronica Kelly, serve as team captains and the teams will practice together and compete together. Athletes (excluding the invited pros) will be judged individually to determine first, second and third place podiums, which will be rewarded with cash as well as product prizes. The team score is based on the entire team, including the invited pros and the winning team will receive product prizes. The unique format allows amateurs to compete against amateurs in the individual competition while giving incentive for pros to throw down and help their team out in the team competition.

The QCO After Party will be held on Saturday at The Downstairs on Main Street in Park City for competitors 21 and over.