{"id":3437,"date":"2016-02-19T15:33:19","date_gmt":"2016-02-19T15:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skiinluxury.com\/blog\/?p=3437"},"modified":"2020-11-04T11:00:11","modified_gmt":"2020-11-04T11:00:11","slug":"europes-most-challenging-pistes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skiinluxury.com\/blog\/europes-most-challenging-pistes\/","title":{"rendered":"Europe’s Most Challenging Pistes"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This one is for all you skiers and snowboarders out there who don’t necessarily want to cruise the blues from bar to restaurant to bar and home in the afternoon, you’re hardcore. This blog features our selection of Europe’s most challenging pistes for those readers who are so dedicated that you’ll find them making their breakfast in the lift queue an hour before it opens.<\/p>\n

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There are easy slopes, there are mid-level slopes, and then there are slopes that most of us would stand at the top of, and with just a shake of the head and maybe a petrified scream, turn and walk (or ski) away. But some people relish the thought of conquering those fear inducing pistes. So without further ado, here are what we consider the most challenging pistes in Europe…<\/p>\n

Tortin, Verbier<\/h3>\n

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Firstly we come to a monster of a piste. Chassoure (known as Tortin, the name of the lift you ski down to) looks like a pale, pimpled teen’s face – dotted with moguls. You have to traverse across the top of the slope and pick a good spot to drop in, then you’re faced with the mogul field and finished off with a steep drop at the end. Guaranteed to turn you into a real ‘Quadzilla’ (the pain is incredible!), this run is best skied when there’s powder, otherwise the moguls turn icy and any slip will likely result in a slide over huge bumps for a couple of hundred metres. Not good, and one of the key reasons why Tortin had to be included in our selection of Europe’s\u00a0 most challenging pistes.<\/p>\n

Tortin is also one of the reasons Verbier is included in our selection of top European resorts for black run skiing.<\/a><\/p>\n