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Oberer Tiefbach at Zermatt - Breuil-Cervinia

Intermediate · 1173 m long with 241 m of vertical, averaging 12° and 25° at its steepest, facing NE.

25°steepest 50 m
12°average pitch
1173 mlength
241 mvertical
2769 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

Oberer Tiefbach is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

How to get to Oberer Tiefbach

Lifts that reach the top: Hirli (skiing novice terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 31 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Matterhorn Express 1
  2. Ride Matterhorn Express 2
  3. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  4. Ski Stafelalp (easy)
  5. Ski Weisse Perle (intermediate)
  6. Ski Stafelalp (intermediate)
  7. Ski Weisse Perle Traverse (intermediate)
  8. Ski skitour: Haute Route Chamonix-Zermatt (intermediate)
  9. Ski unnamed intermediate trail (intermediate)
  10. Ride Hirli
  11. Ski Oberer Tiefbach (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Stafelalp. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Hirli (5 min), unnamed magic carpet (8 min), Matterhorn Express 2 (9 min).

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Measured from OpenStreetMap geometry and elevation via OpenSkiMap (ODbL). Times are rough. Grades, grooming and openings change day to day — check the resort's own reports.