Top Ten Toughest Ski Runs In The World

rossyhead wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:Anybody know the steepest piste in Europe ?

pretty sure its in kitzbuhel-not the hannekham but another one that was very short but had warning of 70-degree in parts. Think it was called the Diretissima

How about this one in Mayrhofner????

no_snow_in_swindon wrote:

rossyhead wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:Anybody know the steepest piste in Europe ?

pretty sure its in kitzbuhel-not the hannekham but another one that was very short but had warning of 70-degree in parts. Think it was called the Diretissima

How about this one in Mayrhofner????

Hari Kari??

Yes thats the Hari Kiri in Mayrhofen, which is as I have previously pointed out is the steepst piste in Austria. Therefore, the steepest piste in Europe cannot also be in Austria. I am sorry, I dont know where the steepest in Europe is, and there seems to be some debate over which actually is.

Looking at that thinking "airbrush" it never ever looks like that in my experience.

That used to scare me to bits, I don't think I would blink now before attempting it. I might revise my opinion at the bottom however.

Only 41km today, was down by 3pm. 96km in two short days, 40 lifts and over 13km of veritical.

rossyhead wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:Anybody know the steepest piste in Europe ?

pretty sure its in kitzbuhel-not the hannekham but another one that was very short but had warning of 70-degree in parts. Think it was called the Diretissima

70 Degrees????? Have you any idea how steep 70 degrees is? Its a cliff.
You can only talk about the average steepness of a slope, otherwise every slope with a cut off mogul has places where the slope is 90 degrees. )

Edit: It just dawned on me that that should be 70% which would be ever so slightly different! Its about 38 degrees from what I can figure from on line equations (maths was never my strong point!) and I think there would be plenty of black runs that steep.

ahhh fair enough, i want sure but i know it wasnt that steep-although i was pretty much skidding my turns the entire way down!

it had signs further down the run too which warned it was steep but again may have not been that steep

You are right NielToo - it does read 70% but the very fact there is a warning worries you when it really is not too bad. Snow cannot stick to a 70 degree slope I was told by my son - think of church spires...

Enjoy your skiing trip :mrgreen:

what about the Le Mur aka The Wall, Avoriaz.