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Weisse Perle Traverse at Zermatt - Breuil-Cervinia

Intermediate · 336 m long with 75 m of vertical, averaging 13° and 18° at its steepest, facing W.

18°steepest 50 m
13°average pitch
336 mlength
75 mvertical
2161 mtop elevation
Wfaces

Snow and sun

Weisse Perle Traverse is west-facing: afternoon sun, softens late and can crust as it refreezes.

How to get to Weisse Perle Traverse

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 21 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)

Where it ends

Joins Stafelalp, skitour: Haute Route Chamonix-Zermatt. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Hirli (1 min), unnamed magic carpet (7 min), Matterhorn Express 2 (8 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.