The place
The ski mountain over the lakes of the Upper Engadin, across the valley from St. Moritz: a cable car in two sections from Surlej to 3,300 m, under Piz Corvatsch. The Freeride World Tour came in January 2011, to the 550 m north face beside the cable car, reached by a rope off the top station.
Off-piste Off the marked pistes nothing is prepared or patrolled: glaciers, cliffs and avalanche terrain, your own risk.
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The lines
Every line here, with how hard it is.
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The North Face
■■■■■The Freeride World Tour's Engadin face, January 2011: a rope off the Corvatsch top station, a hike north along the ridge to a start at 3,127 m, then 550 m of north face at 45 to 60° beside the cable car, with tight angles, flat landings and a fast finish.
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The West Face
■■■■■From the top station toward Curtinella, down a few metres to a ledge and into the west-facing couloir: about 200 m of couloir at up to 46°, then easier ground toward the Rabgiusa piste.
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The Summit Couloir
■■■■■From the top of Piz Corvatsch, 3,451 m, after a skin along the ridge over Piz Murtèl: a 48° entrance, often under a big cornice, then the open west face down to the Plaun da las Furtschellas, the plain above Sils.
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The Hahnensee Run
■■■■■From the top of the Giand'Alva chair, Corvatsch's black run 5: past the frozen Hahnensee lake and down through the larches to the edge of St.
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Murtèl to Surlej
■■■■■From the cable car's middle station at Murtèl down the Surlej and Chastelets reds and the valley run to Surlej by the lake: nearly 800 m of piste under the Corvatsch.
