The final slalom of the FIS World Cup season takes place in Meribel on Saturday with defending champion Mikaela Shiffrin all-but certain to claim a third straight title.
Shiffrin, who leads the standings by 90 points from Frida Hansdotter, is bidding to become the first woman to win the slalom title for more than two years in a row since 1995, when Switzerland's Vreni Schneider was champion in four successive seasons.
Having seen Shiffrin claim victory in the last two FIS slalom races, Hansdotter needs to win in France while also hoping Shiffrin finishes outside the top 15 places.
The Swede has been on the podium four times this season.
If she can overturn Shiffrin's lead, she would become the first Swedish woman to win the slalom World Cup since Anja Parson in 2004.
Shiffrin can also become the first woman to win the World Championship and World Cup slalom titles in the slalom in the same season twice.
However, Shiffrin is not the only competitor with globes left to play for, with Anna Fenninger having confirmed her intention to compete as a way of bolstering her overall title prospects.
The Austrian is on course to defend her overall globe - leading second-place Tina Maze by 32 points.
Fenninger will feature in her first slalom World Cup race since December 2011, having never finished better than 19th.
If Fenninger wins and Maze does not finish in the top seven then the title will remain with the 25-year-old while a second-place Fenninger finish - coupled with Maze not making the top 15 - will achieve the same outcome.
"Tina is a regular in the slalom, I'm not," Fenninger explained.
"I have to hope that I can somehow pick up points. If not, then it is out of my hands."
Saturday's slalom is the penultimate race of the FIS season, which concludes on Sunday with the giant slalom in Meribel.