Brains
Skiing is fueled by vertical: without elevation and pitch, the greatest sport on Earth would not be possible. When skiers think about vertical drops, Revelstoke typically comes to mind. Revelstoke, located in interior British Columbia, boasts a whopping 5,620-ft of skiable elevation. However, surprisingly, several European resorts put Revelstoke’s vertical to shame.
#5: 7,283′ – Alpe d’Huez, France
#4: 7,283′ – Les 2 Alpes, France
#3: 7,444′ – Zermatt, Switzerland
#2: 8,133′ – Verbier, Switzerland
#1: 8,982′ – Chamonix, France
Vertical means vertical, as in perpendicular to a horizontal plane.
Yes they have runs that drop 8,000′ vertically. The runs are 14 miles long and take guys like Wheezy 1.5 days to complete.
Is this True-Up vertical or Topographic vertical?
Europe – 5
USA – 0
You could build a resort in California from 14,000′ down to 6,000′ if the tree huggers would allow it