Oh, and it so expensive to go by a taxi from Cervinia to Zermatt because it is a 219km journey one way. You better stay in a hotel overnight, or pay someone to take you up to the ridge on a snowmobile in 30 minutes. Both are way cheaper than a taxi.

I love so hard zermatt... :)

I thought the same thing 🤔 I always thought the Valtournenche run was unposed to be THE longest in Europe? 🤔

Rub some snow on it

Actually, that one is not that extreme compared to the descent of many ski mountaineering peaks. It is a long descent and it has easy acces, but ski mountaineering on a 4000er will get you ~2500m descent most of the time and many of the high 3000ers will give you ~2000m vertical descent. Also, I think this should not be compared to the average resort run, as this is a pure alpine experience with your own route finding and being responsible for your own safety. This is not nearly the same as skiing down some marked and avalanche controlled ski route in a resort, not to mention a groomed run

Actually, it s one of the most easy one, there s only 1 steep part..

It’s easy! Picturesque, long but easy. I did it after skiing only for the 3rd time! 40 years ago.

… legs will burn in particular if snow cover forces you to walk the last vertical km … been there done that

yup was about to say that, a very fun trail when there has been some snow recently and it's not too icy, quite a scenic view of frozen waterfall, I do recomend

Is this sarcasm or a real compliment?😂 I'm trying to get better at my pronunciations

no sarcasm, but you pronounce some words with an american accent and that sounds funny@@UncoveringSkiing

Love your spelling of English words 🤣

Your spanish is a bit off. Chillán its more like Trojan than Milán (the spanish city), think Chi-yán.

@@UncoveringSkiing its funny how you pronounced "Schwarze Schneid" only once and copied the audio :-D

Maybe for an average / intermediate skier, and accounting for the chairlifts it takes to reach the top

Loved your video!!

@@UncoveringSkiing Great content on your channel. Keep 'em videos coming!

I sometimes see this run listed on 'longest ski runs', but I think because it's technically backcountry to ski off the west side of Mont-Fort and also not an official run down to Le Chable either. I'll be at the 4 vallees in a few weeks so I'm very curious if there will be enough snow to do this run, probably not.

@@kylelegg6837 yes, it depends on recent snow, when I did it it was late January, too many years ago, and even a few days after heavy snow, the snow conditions on the lower slopes and through the trees were, shall I say, better suited to rental skis than getting your own all banged up. Still, it's a great run, please give my regards if you happen to frequent Le Pub lol

@@kylelegg6837 There are a couple of other runs you may enjoy, depending on your taste and of course the weather. The classic 4 vallees tour is one, I once guided a bunch of Brits in our chalet on it In terms of difficulty if you can do the mogul slop of Tortin, you can do it However, it's a very long day start before 9, so easy going on the gluewein and schnapps the night before. You need to be back at Siviez by approx 2pm before the gondola to Plan-du-Fou, from there the run down to La Tzoumaz is definitely backcountry, I made a memorable faceplant in poor visibility down there, and since the road/lane/track that led to the La Tzoumaz lift station (to get to Savolyres) was snowy, we got to trek along it for 1/2 mile, not to the enjoyment of all But we made it, back to chalet, same building as Le Pub, 5pm-ish, and absolutely knackered were we all. Another was a trip the chalet organised to the St Bernard Pass, about an hour's drive away in a minibus On the Swiss side there were a couple of drag lifts to practice, then over the top into Italy, no passports (but you will need one to get back) or border guards This also is backcountry and you probably need to be with a guided party. I regret you might not meet a large shaggy dog with a bottle of brandy around its neck, however there's a pizza/beer place at the bottom before minibus back through the tunnel, back over the border and Verbier. I've been to Verbier 4 times for total of 10 weeks, although one of those trips involved an unforeseen trip to the Univ of Lausanne Hospital to put a few bones back together again. Enjoy your trip, I#d like to here about it afterwards if you can!!! Cheers, Simon

There isn't a piste that goes down to le Châble. So you must have had good snow 🙂 doing that this season is unheard of.

@@Tom-dt9gs Yes, we had a few days before there was a 3 day fall, and apparently building insurance in Switz. only covers roofs if there is a meter of less of snow, so get someone up there with a shovel. Four of us retired to a warm dark room (bar) for a couple of days, conditions were such. So it was a lot of snow, but still dodgy lower down towards Le Chable. I take your point that there is no piste going down to Le Chable, but having said that, neither is there in Vallee Blanche, and that made top of this discussion's author's list.

He just started yt a momth ago and only has 5 videos. If he keeps it up he will get big but it takes awhile.

Yep, that s nice one too, loved Engelberg skiing 👍✌️

nah you have to take a chirlift in the middle over the lake

@@m.hoffman2889 n-no?

Right, you pronounce it as you would pronounce ‘shnyde’. Otherwise it sounds too close to shneedle. 😅

There are also like 10 more runs in the alps that are longer than the bottom 4 😂

I did the Vallee Blanche on a snowboard with a guide about 18 years ago. It took us a about an hour and a half and we weren't going fast. The slow bits were threading our way through the glacier. There are various routes, I don't know how long the other ones are. The whole thing takes a while because you've got to be careful with the ridge walk at the top, we wore crampons, and we had a hike at the bottom up some metal stairs to get out of the ravine.

In Chamonix, on popular days, it can take, first 1-2 hours to get up with the gondola, Then you spend 1 hour admiring the scenery and then 1H30min to get down the edge from Aguile du Midi and then you stop every 300 meters, so the guide can have the group together to give informations on the next section. It is also wery high, 3500m, so it is much harder to breath than most other places. Then you have the walk either to the gondola taking you up to the train station at Montenvers, or you walk up to where you take your skis back on and ski the last part down to Chamonix, if there is enough snow. So i would say it takes a full short day. I have taken the lift up at around noon and done 2 trips all the way down to chamonix, no train, in one day. I have done most combinations, Coloire Cosmic, Glaciere Ronde and Valle Blanch, like Cosmic-Ronde or Ronde and Valle Blanch in one day, but i have stil not done the Tripple, all 3 of them. I have taken the lift up at 01Pm and the people opperating the gondola, looked so strange at me, I found ot why when i got at the top. It had been snowing untill late morning, so when i was on top of the edge, it was no tracks at all and i was the first and only persone skiing in Valle Blanch that day. All in all i have skied from Aguile du Midi more than 100 times.

With the actual length of around 3.5 miles, a speed of 52.5 mph would not be unrealistic for a true pro

Yeah, only the top 25% are really a black. The middle bit should be a red and the bottom is easily a blue/green. It's also nowhere near 16km nor do I think it comes close to the 2000m descent claimed. Still really really fun!

I wish. Typed this thing out by myself. Took several hours between the research and writing