The Australian aerials team is counting on the class and experience of four-time Olympian Danielle Scott shining through after heavy snow in the Italian alps forced a rework of the competition schedule.
Australia's female aerial skiers may have to jump five times - two qualifying rounds plus three finals - to secure a medal in a condensed day of competition after qualifying was cancelled.
Qualifying will now start at 1000 Wednesday (2000 AEDT) with the finals to get underway at 1300 (2300 AEDT).
With 20cm of fresh snow falling in Livigno in the last 24 hours, there were concerns about athlete safety, with fog and blocked roads preventing medical access which forced the postponement of both the women's and men's qualifying rounds on Tuesday.
The same thing has happened to the women's event at the last two Olympics with awful conditions in PyeongChang in 2018 leading to one of the lowest scoring finals in history.
The snow also forced the 24-hour postponement of the women's snowboard slopestyle finals, where Aussie 16-year-old Ally Hickman will line up.
"It's a little disappointing we couldn't jump today, but our athletes' safety is our number one priority, so if that's at risk, then it's absolutely the right decision," said Australian aerials coach Renee McElduff.
"As the fog rolled in, we had some trouble with medical having access to the site and if medical can't be here then it's a little bit unsafe for us to jump without that helicopter to transfer and the ambulance had trouble on the roads as well.
"One thing we know for sure in winter sports is that it's uncertain, so our athletes are flexible and we train to be ready for these kind of situations, so we'll go home this afternoon and the guys will get some recovery in and we'll regroup and ready for a double qualification and finals day tomorrow."
The men's qualification will now be held on Wednesday between the women's program with the final on Thursday, with 21-year-old Reilly Flanagan making his Olympic debut.
While top aerials medal hope Laura Peel was forced out after rupturing her ACL in pre-Games training, Australia has four women competing led by Scott.
In Bejiing Scott's competition ended after back-slapping both of her efforts in the first final, with her best score of 71.23 leaving her in 10th spot with only the top six advancing to the medal round.
A two-time Crystal Globe winner, after a lean start to the 2025-26 season the 35-year-old had back-to-back World Cup podium finishes, including a gold, before arriving in Italy.
With training also cancelled on Monday, debutantes Airleigh Frigo, Abbey Willcox and Sidney Stephens, who is an injury replacement for Peel, have had little on-snow time to prepare.
McElduff said that Scott was capable of scoring big in any conditions.
"We're actually hoping the weather will be good tomorrow - the forecast is that it will be a nice day, so the expectation is that it shouldn't affect any jumps," she said.
"If the snow does roll in, we've got options on the double and the triple, especially for someone like Danielle Scott.
"She's the most versatile of all the athletes in our team, and, and she's ready for any situation that comes at her.
"For her, the beauty is that her technical jumping is second to none so she can execute on the double or the triple, and it doesn't matter what we need to do, she's ready to go."
The spearhead of the aerials crew, two-time world champion Peel has stayed on in Livigno to support her teammates.
"We had always hoped that Laura might recover and be able to jump here, but it was definitely a blow for our team," McElduff said.
"She's the leader of this team and really pulls everybody together, so it was something we definitely needed to reset and regroup from, but the team have rallied together and are going to jump for Laura and do the best that they can."
