World's Longest Ski Runs
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- čas přidán 23. 02. 2024
- Some of the World's Longest Ski Runs can take you just about a full day to get down the mountain. With vertical descents over 7,000 feet or 2,000 meters, you'll surely be having to take a rest at some point during the run..
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1. The 22km run you've mentioned in Cervinia actually ends in the neighbouring resort, Valtournenche.
2. No, you don't need your passport, as both Italy and Switzerland are in the Schengen area.
3. There is a more challenging long run In Zermatt, which is somewaht shorter, but shoud still make the top 10 list: from Klein Matterhorn down to Zermatt, 2200m descent, around 13.5km long. The Furgg to Furi section is a reasonably challenging black that gets bumpy in the afternoon. The section above it, Trockener Steg to Furgg is a reasonably challenging red run as well. If you want excitement, forget the Klein Matterhorn to Valtournenche one. Go down non-stop to Zermatt and your knees will be shaking!
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? 🤔
It would require a video longer than this one to correct all the inaccuracies said here
I did the Cervina, Italy run last year. I am an intermediate-advanced skier and had no problems with doing it in a lot less time than 3 hours. We did lunch in Italy and got back in plenty of time to do some more laps on Swiss side. As stated, most of the run is easy, cruising terrain. The entire run would probably be ranked as green at Jackson Whole :)
Correction nevados de Chillán has 9 or 10 chair lift I have been skiing there
I went to Gornergrat by train for the best view of Matterhorn, had a stop at Riffelberg's Heini's bar for a few beers in a chaise longue, he gave me some sun cream for free, enjoyed the timeless view. Then went down with the same train to stop at Riffelalp to walk to eat at Al Bosco, a ten minute snow walk from the station. spend a lot of money, saw an avalanche. It was father's day my daughter was with me. I can die happy. Too old to do any skying. Enjoy life all the mountain lovers.
Also in the french alps is the 14km Cascades blue run in Grand Massif. It goes all the way from the highest point in Flaine to the lowest point in the village of Sixt.
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
Your legs will be burning for weeks after doing the last one
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
When you're on top of the run, you're so high 😂 6:52
Dude, the quality of your channel is amazing! I see why you have so many views and subs already with just a few videos lol.
About the Cervinia run, firstly it’s Cervinia with an i, not ‘Cervina’, and secondly I believe the actual longest run is the one that goes on beyond Cervinia all the way to Valtournenche. Lunch recommendation: Foyer des Guides, near the bottom.
Nice video! You should do one on the longest known ski descents. For example, from the top of mt Rainer, you can ski down via fuir finger to the nisqually bridge which comes to an insane 12,000ft vertical run. I’m curious what other runs stack up to that.
Love you pronunciation of the French and Austrian words.
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
Yesterday I was about to go la serenne but I got my internal lateral ligament pulled grade 2 so no skiing for 4 weeks. And I have done tres Marias and it’s sooooooo pretty
@UncoveringSkiing
Bansko does not offer any night skiing. It hasn't for many years. If you want night skiing, you have to go to Borovets instead.
Would love some chapters but good video!
Ohhh you forgot tres Marias is a blue not a red
3 Hours from matterhorn glacier to Cervinia? Bruh i went there like 15 times and i can tell you you can make it in less than 15 minuts 😂
Maybe for an average / intermediate skier, and accounting for the chairlifts it takes to reach the top
Actually I am not aware of many slopes mentioned in this video. However I know well the slope descending from Matterhorn to Cervinia. This slope, called “Ventina” is far shorter than described in the video.
, its official length is 8,5 km and a medium level skier can do it in less than 15 minutes. In Italy is longer the slope coming down from the Marmolada glacier, it is 12 km.
Vallée Blanche is on my list, even though I have not much back country experience (so I might get a guide and rent avalanche gear).
didnt know about the one in Bulgaria
Vallée Blanche "lodges throughout the run" made me laugh so loud, there is one mountain hut, the refuge du Requin along the main course of the routes.
There’s no taxi between Cervinia and Zermatt, simply because there’s no road between the two. But a mountain range with the lowest point being 10.000 feet height mountain pass ( only walking ) . So if you remain stock on the wrong side, you either sleep there, or pay for an helitaxi. Which can fly on,y with good weather.
In Bansko the half of the piste what you counted is a ski road where you more likely push yourself down with your poles. Not really fun, it is just mitigates the line for the gondola.
Nice footage 😉
Loved your video!!
@@UncoveringSkiing Great content on your channel. Keep 'em videos coming!
I did la valle blanche when i turned 7 with my dad and mom
The first part that you do without skis was completely frozen, no snow only ice and my father and i were kinda skiing that part while my mother was holding onto her life cause she was scared
At first the guide didn’t want to take us because i was a little kid but when i did the first turns he not only accepted but took me through the hard part called la pante de ronyon
Only 21 likes, you should have 21k likes tbh
thats cool
I have skied 3 and 2…. both are awesome in different ways 😵 Number 1 is still on my to do list! 🙄
For number 3, if you miss the last lift back, it can cost up to $900 to get a taxi back to Zermatt! 😱
Also Davos, CH has a very long run.
I have done eight of these!
From where you are Geting your data ? It seems like you miss somenslopea for example: that one on Les 2 Alpes ( 16 km)
pist-eh 🤣. I love the La Sarenne run, definitely a favorite. For the Zermatt/Cervinia Matterhorn run, your stats are definitely off. The 'official' run is down to Zermatt and is 8.2 miles and 7350ft descent. The longest continuous run down to Cervinia is only 6.6 miles and 6000ft descent, though my favorite is going further down to Valtournenche, 8.5 miles and 7,700ft descent, though there is short lift in the middle so it is kind of cheating.
In general I think all the official distances are a bit inflated, I've never measured La Sarenne anywhere close to the claimed 16km on any of my runs nor on mapping tools like fatmap. Also I'd argue Vallee Blanche is a bit of cheating as it's not an official run, it's technically backcountry not really a free-ride.
Taxi from cervinia to zermatt that’s a five hour car ride at best
7:48 Why would you need your passport to take a bus? Both countries are in the Schengen area.
If skiing is more expensive in NA than in Europe, it must cost an arm and a leg there 0_O
if there was ever a yter with too little subs it would be this one
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.
at Verbier, I once skied from the summit of Mt Fort to Le Chable at the base (and well below Verbier itself) which is a vertical drop of (3330m to 820m) 2510m or a bit over 8,200 feet. Am very surprised this is not on the list. The lower section through the trees was most difficult but I'd say it was a red, a very very LONG red.
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.
From the top of Engelberg/Titlis to the village below is over 12km and 6000ft.
Yep, that s nice one too, loved Engelberg skiing 👍✌️
done peak to creek about a thousand times
i did the run from the matterhorn to Cervinia
Mount titlis in engelberg Switzerland - longest run is 12 km (7.5 miles)
nah you have to take a chirlift in the middle over the lake
@@m.hoffman2889 n-no?
The Jackson Hole average slope is 6 degrees. I don't think it's too challenging
Wait how does it take all day? If it’s 14 miles and you’re going on average 10 - 20 mph, it should only take around an hour. The only explanation I can think of is if you’re taking a lot of breaks, but it seems ridiculous to take 10x more breaks than actual skiing.
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.
Really enjoy your videos. But, I’m confused by some of your estimated timeframes. I have skied zermatt before. I have done the longest run. I honestly had no clue until this moment it was the longest run in the world. It was certainly long enough that it stuck with me and I mentioned it at the time to my friends and family. But 3hrs?! No way. Not a chance.
Just taking your figures of 13miles. Averaging 13mph which would to me be on the very slow side of skiing, and breaking for 1min every 4mins which would be a ton of breaks to me. You’d finish in 1hr 15mins.
I think I probably average 25mph. And would finish in about 30-40mins.
Very long run for sure. I just don’t know where 3hrs came from. That’d be and average of 4.3mph. Which is like a brisk walk down the mountain.
Amazing video and content but I think I've spotted a mistake. You said Bulgaria and wanted to show Bulgaria on the map but instead showed Greece for some reason
There are also like 10 more runs in the alps that are longer than the bottom 4 😂
What about Killington Vermont peak to creek
This was borovets night skiing not bansko !
my time on L'alpe d'huez is 9:17 with a lot of ppl so i could just full send it :D
Stating the length in km and the vertical drop in feet. 🤣
CERVINIA IS IN ITALY
The time indications on some of these resorts must a joke!? 3 Hrs for 22km purely downhill! What? I cover that on the flat with my xc-skis, not skating, but classic. LOL!
Chamonix it takes 2 lifts to get to the top of Aiguille du Midi. And Vallee Blanche is not a run
bro said pisty lol
Well, then why's it only 10 minutes?!?
Why is the Zermatt-Cervinia labeled as Switzerland-France and not Switzerland Italy?
3:00 No matter how "pro" you are, if you need to avoid other people, you can't be going at the 102 mph it takes to go 6.8 miles in 4 minutes.
With the actual length of around 3.5 miles, a speed of 52.5 mph would not be unrealistic for a true pro
Great video besides the pronunciation of Scheid haha. Makes an I sound not at E sound. Which means cut.
Right, you pronounce it as you would pronounce ‘shnyde’. Otherwise it sounds too close to shneedle. 😅
UNDERRATED!!! I LOVE HIS VIDEOS
The run in Alpe d Huez is only medium difficult at the beginning, the majority is a boring slow track, especially the last part, the Vallée Blanche in Chamonix is also quite boring, nice views, but technically very disappointing, I would rate the one in Solden number 2 and the run from zermatt to Cervinia number 1, the view on the Matterhorn makes also for it ! 🤩✌️
Cervinia is in Italy, not France
La sarenne is said to be all black be realistically I remember the last 3 k feeling like a green at mist😅
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!
So . . . kind of cool, but skiing 10 mile long cat track . . . you’re on skis, so I guess we’ll call that skiing.
You totally butchered the pronounciation of "Schwarze Schneid".
It literally means "black blade" or rather "black ridge", as "Schneid" can also refer to a sharp ridge.
AI generated script
I wish. Typed this thing out by myself. Took several hours between the research and writing
The last spike looks like if you added half a mile of flat space in the valley, so you could boast with it having 10 miles, there would be no difference in what it looks like at any point. This is sledge slope, not for skiing.
Most of the slopes on the list are a laugh, an ipressive number on your advertisement of the resort, but nothing more. Burning legs, from the last one possibly, otherwise no.
I did notice you pronounced "piste" as "pis-tee". It's just "peeste" instead.