Ty Kargus

Athabasca, Alberta | Active: 2022-present | Known for: Alberta Park & Pipe Team, Calgary Freeriderz, Nor-Am slopestyle, rail event, Junior Nationals | Current: active FIS slopestyle, big air and rail event athlete

Aspen When The Slopestyle Score Finally Held

The Aspen/Buttermilk course in late March carried spring glare, dry takeoffs and a rail line where one rushed movement could erase the run. Ty Kargus dropped into the Nor-Am Cup Premium slopestyle field with a season of Alberta training behind him and a result still waiting to break open.

That result came on March 27, 2026, when Kargus finished second in men’s freeski slopestyle at Aspen/Buttermilk. For a Canadian skier still building his senior profile, the podium changed the tone of his public record. He was no longer only a Junior Nationals name or a development-team athlete. He had a major Nor-Am result on the sheet.

Athabasca To Calgary Freeriderz

Kargus is listed by Freestyle Alberta with Athabasca as his hometown and Calgary Freeriderz as his home club. That pathway gives his skiing a clear Alberta base. Athabasca is not a global freeski center, so his development depends on travel, structured training, club support and repeated access to stronger park environments.

Freestyle Alberta places him on its Alberta Team – Park & Pipe roster, with slopestyle as his primary discipline. The same profile lists his favorite trick as switch 450 on to switch off a rail, which gives a useful clue about his current technical identity. Rails are not just a secondary part of his skiing. They are already central to how his public profile is forming.

Canada Winter Games Before The Nor-Am Climb

The 2023 Canada Winter Games gave Kargus one of his early multi-event markers. Team Alberta’s results summary lists Ty Kargus from Athabasca in men’s big air and men’s slopestyle, finishing 13th in big air and 7th in slopestyle. Those placements put him inside a national youth-event environment before his Nor-Am results became stronger.

Freestyle Alberta also lists a Junior Nationals big air win from 2023 among his career highlights. That result is important because it shows early strength on a single-jump format, not only on full slopestyle courses. Big air asks for commitment, pop, trick control and a clean landing without the chance to recover across a full run.

Stoneham And Whistler In The Breakthrough Season

The 2024 season gave Kargus a sharper competitive frame. His Freestyle Alberta profile lists 4th place at the Stoneham FIS Nor-Am slopestyle in 2024 and 1st overall at the Whistler Championship in 2024. FIS also records his 4th place at Stoneham on March 30, 2024, with 94.90 FIS points.

At the 2024 Freeski Canadian National Championships, the men’s slopestyle results list Kargus third for Calgary Freeriderz, behind Matthaeus Heslop and Jude Oliver. That podium adds another national-level marker to the same period. The pattern is clear: 2023 youth-event visibility, then 2024 domestic and Nor-Am results that pushed him into a stronger Alberta development lane.

Copper, Aspen And Whistler In 2026

Kargus’s 2025/26 FIS record shows the step he is trying to make. In January 2026, he finished 9th in Nor-Am slopestyle at Copper Mountain. In March, he placed 5th in the Aspen/Buttermilk Nor-Am Cup Premium rail event, then 2nd in slopestyle three days later. In April, he finished 9th in Nor-Am big air at Whistler Blackcomb.

Those results give his profile more range. Slopestyle remains the main path, but the Aspen rail result and Whistler big air top ten show that his skiing is not limited to one judging format. A rail event tests balance and creativity over metal. Big air tests one trick under pressure. Slopestyle asks him to combine both across a full course.

The Rail Trick That Explains The Direction

The switch 450 on to switch off a rail, listed on his Freestyle Alberta profile, is a useful window into Kargus’s skiing. The trick requires a switch approach, rotation onto the feature, controlled ski pressure, patience through the slide and another switch exit. It is technical without relying on jump size.

That matters for an athlete coming through modern slopestyle. Rail sections have become more decisive, especially in Nor-Am fields where many skiers can already spin and grab well on jumps. Kargus’s rail-event results and stated favorite trick point toward a skier building identity through feature control, not just amplitude.

Skiers Sportshop, Faction And Roxa Support

Freestyle Alberta lists Skiers Sportshop, Faction Skis and Roxa Italian ski boots as Kargus’s sponsors. That support gives the page a practical competition context. A developing Canadian park athlete needs equipment, travel help, boot consistency, tuning, training access and a support system that can survive a long Nor-Am season.

His profile also lists his parents, family and people around him as support crew. That detail fits the reality of an emerging skier. Results like Aspen 2026 do not appear from one event week. They come from club training, family logistics, winter travel, competition fees, injury management, school balance and the pressure of repeating hard tricks when the course changes.

The Next Result On The Sheet

Kargus’s Freestyle Alberta goal for 2025/26 is simple: podium at a FIS Nor-Am Cup. His second place at Aspen/Buttermilk in March 2026 means that target has already appeared in the public record. The next task is consistency: more finals, more top tens, cleaner rail-event scores and stronger full-course results across changing venues.

His current archive is still emerging, but it has enough structure for a concise profile. Ty Kargus is an Athabasca-born Alberta Park & Pipe skier with Calgary Freeriderz roots, Junior Nationals results, Stoneham and Whistler markers, and a 2026 Aspen Nor-Am podium that gives his slopestyle path its clearest result so far.