Even if it’s not an obvious line it’s in my opinion the most beautiful line in Zermatt. I waited patiently for 15 years to assemble the necessary skills and ride it in good conditions.
We saw the snow building up throughout the spring and finally it started looking really good.
My friend Eric was super keen to ski the line and we could smell it in the air, but we were not sure of which day to pick.. Once Simon A. kindly gave us the green light we went for it.
As usually we waited maybe a little too long on the top for a bit softer snow, none of us had ever skied the line and it does feel quite committing to take your first turns down the north face of the Breithorn.
After skiing the top section in perfect slushy snow we reached the anchor which was ready to go from previous skiers. We used a 60 m rope to traverse the usually ici section, it could have been skied without but since we didn’t know what to expect we took it safely.
The zone below the abseil is often icy and very exposed with guaranteed fatal consequences in case of slipping down.
The zone below the abseil is often icy and very exposed with guaranteed fatal consequences in case of slipping down.
Here both of us entering the couloir, our friend and photographer Juan was on gornergrat capturing images and checking we got down in one piece.
The couloir is definitely the best part and also the steepest. In good conditions easily skiable in bad one probably pretty scary. Here Eric exiting the small bergschrund..
The navigation towards the bottom section was somehow obvious and not as difficult as we expected. Since we had started late the condition on the last face was too wet and probably a bit dangerous. Luckily everything went smoothly and we were super happy to have done this king size line.
