There are various trails on this world that make the declare because the steepest. Ask anybody what the steepest run in Europe is and also you may get 10 completely different solutions. Probably the most notorious might be the Streif in Kitzbühel. However the Streif isn’t the steepest in Europe. It isn’t even the steepest in Austria. That honor goes to the Black Ibex, a monstrously steep run on the Kaunertal Glacier.
The Black Ibex incorporates a steepest level with a close to 88% grade, or round 47°. Beginning on the Austria/Italian border, the run takes skiers round 1,640 toes, or 500 meters, down the glacier and into Austria. It’s fairly spectacular.
“Whether or not it’s Harakiri, the Streiff or Direttisima: Steep slopes are simply enjoyable. After all, I’ve tried just a few – typically extra, typically much less efficiently. For instance, I fell over on the Le Tunnel descent in Alpe d’huez identical to I did on the Swiss Wall. However this slope right here on the Kaunertal Glacier beats all the things talked about above by way of steepness.” – Marius Quast
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