Claude-Alain Schmidhalter appointed new president of Crans-Montana 2027

Claude-Alain Schmidhalter has been vice president of Swiss-Ski since 2016. The Valais native has represented Swiss-Ski on the steering committee of the Crans-Montana 2027 Association since Crans-Montana's successful bid and now takes over as chair of this body.

As Swiss-Ski's representative, Raphaëlle Favre Schnyder is now a member of the eight-member steering committee for the World Championships. She has been a member of the Swiss Ski Federation's steering committee since 2024.

The former president of the organizing committee, Urs Lehmann, has left the steering committee of the Crans-Montana 2027 World Championships due to his departure for the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS), where he is now CEO.

With four representatives from the region (Crans-Montana/Valais) and four from Swiss-Ski, the steering committee of the Crans-Montana 2027 Association is now composed as follows:

• Claude-Alain Schmidhalter, Vice President of Swiss-Ski (President Crans-Montana 2027)
• Nicolas Féraud, Mayor of Crans-Montana (Vice President Crans-Montana 2027)
• Mike Goar, CEO of Vail Resorts Switzerland (Vice President Crans-Montana 2027)
• Raphaëlle Favre Schnyder, Member of the Swiss-Ski Executive Committee
• Stéphane Ganzer, State Councilor
• Sidney Kamerzin, National Councilor
• Claudia Lämmli, COO Swiss-Ski
• Diego Züger, CEO Commercial Swiss-Ski