Snow Tiefbach at Zermatt - Breuil-Cervinia
Freeride · 1167 m long with 445 m of vertical, averaging 21° and 34° at its steepest, facing NE.
34°steepest 50 m
21°average pitch
1167 mlength
445 mvertical
2414 mtop elevation
NEfaces
Snow and sun
Tiefbach is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.
Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.
How to get to Tiefbach
Lifts that reach the top: unnamed magic carpet (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Matterhorn Express 2 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Matterhorn Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Hirli (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 19 minutes, freeride skiing needed):
- Ride Matterhorn Express 1
- Ride Matterhorn Express 2
- Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
- Ski Stafelalp (easy)
- Ski Weisse Perle (intermediate)
- Ski Tiefbach (freeride)
Where it ends
Joins Stafelalp, skitour: Haute Route Chamonix-Zermatt. Nearest lifts from the bottom: unnamed magic carpet (3 min), Matterhorn Express 2 (4 min), Riffelberg-Express (4 min).
See Tiefbach on the 3D mapAll runs at Zermatt - Breuil-CerviniaMeasured 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.