I was lucky enough to sign onto a week with Big Mountain Tours with Stephen Matthews and Seb Kemp as Guides in Verbier and Zermatt. The mountains in Zermatt were really socked in during our first two days there, but the clouds blew out and gave us the views that Zermatt is known for on the last day. Here, client rider Peter Classen of North Vancouver was kind enough to crank out a lap for the camera with a background that to this day blows my mind.
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I was lucky enough to sign onto a week with Big Mountain Tours with Stephen Matthews and Seb Kemp as Guides in Verbier and Zermatt. The mountains in Zermatt were really socked in during our first two days there, but the clouds blew out and gave us the views that Zermatt is known for on the last day. Here, client rider Peter Classen of North Vancouver was kind enough to crank out a lap for the camera with a background that to this day blows my mind.
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  • 30 0
 amazing landscape & great composition with that adds perfectly the rider in the environment! result: I just want to be there for a ride!
  • 12 0
 Could this be any more epic?? Awesome shot!
  • 23 6
 Mordor related comment in 3..2..1...
  • 17 1
 ^Mordor has nothing on Zermatt Razz
  • 45 1
 Mordor doesn't have this much snow, this looks more like Skyrim.
  • 15 0
 is he going downhill or uphill?
  • 2 0
 EPIC!
  • 4 0
 @morewoodking1, up i think
  • 4 0
 Dear Glacier,
  • 6 0
 mordor nay, definitely, the misty mountains worthy though
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flag GabrielDugas (Jan 11, 2012 at 7:12) (Below Threshold)
 and he took an arrow to the knee
  • 1 0
 @carbonlite LAD!!!!
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flag ianz2 (Jan 11, 2012 at 15:41) (Below Threshold)
 i used to go to places like that but then i took an arrow to the knee
  • 9 0
 shut up. its not funny.
  • 3 1
 If you're gonna make that joke at least do it right, it's "I took an arrow IN the knee"

and I used to make lame jokes like you but then I took a kick in the ass
  • 2 1
 sometimes a joke you tough funny ain't funny. sometimes it is. If everybody shut the f**k up cause there is a chance they are not funny the world will be a sad place to live. sorry for the spelling mistakes "In the knee". I will know it next time i try humor in a different langage than mine Smile
  • 1 0
 no need to flip ur shit over a pinkbike post, but c'mon, arrow to the knee jokes? Really? It stopped being funny so long ago
  • 3 0
 Damn Colin! What can you say about an image like this? Epic backdrop, hard to take a bad photo with landscape like that. The rider is beautifully placed on the right/bottom third. The dirt showing through on the glacier creates a great eye movement right to the rider. Nicely done Colin. I dream to one day be to a place just like this.
  • 7 0
 left/bottom?
  • 3 0
 right, what you said
  • 5 0
 this will be a candidate for POY
  • 2 1
 i dont think so because this would still be a great shot without the rider, hes to far away for me
  • 1 0
 Great nat geo shot Smile , bike riders in their natural environment
  • 2 0
 sjones you bring up a nice point - it is a shame that many people think MTBers are about destruction of the environment but in reality we love it. If not POY, it should be on the calandar.
  • 6 1
 POD THIS SHIT NOW!
  • 4 1
 I predict pod in the near future.
  • 1 0
 when I look at the picture I just want to be there ! Amazing shot. What about temperature and wind? Zermatt - I remember that place which blew up my mind!
  • 2 0
 Nice Pete!!! I'm glad it was a picture of you and not Stephen.....hahahahah.
  • 1 0
 Thank you Kent...I'll be there again this summer.
  • 3 0
 Makes you think of just how awesome it is to play outside.
  • 1 0
 you want to keep seeing landscapes like this?
support

www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3CBOdgBlk8&feature=watch-now-button&wide=1
  • 6 3
 One word. Phenomenal.
  • 3 17
flag gclarida (Jan 11, 2012 at 0:20) (Below Threshold)
 Your mom was phenomenal.
  • 32 1
 If I wanted a comeback id wipe it off your moms chin.
  • 1 15
flag gclarida (Jan 11, 2012 at 0:46) (Below Threshold)
 my mom is a beast, have fun lol
  • 11 0
 I didn't ask what your mom is like....
  • 2 2
 Where's the vid link??
  • 5 0
 Well that conversation spiraled out of control pretty quickly
  • 1 0
 lol!
  • 1 2
 sadly that trail isn't any good for riding...

I prefer the view to the other side: a href='http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/7116009/'>http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/7116009//a>
  • 2 0
 I thought it was a pretty fun out and back.
  • 2 0
 when did the yeti get a bike Smile
  • 3 1
 Welcome to heaven
  • 1 0
 One word: wow! I think the scenery just blew my mind.
  • 1 0
 Almost there, just up and over the horizon... easy peasy.
  • 1 0
 As good as it get's, I think it's safe to say we'd all like to ride there
  • 1 0
 looks like something out of a game or from the future. awsome!
  • 3 0
 no, it doesn't look like a game, a game looks like this. this is real life. leave the PS3 at home
  • 1 0
 i have an xbox actually (just sayin) theres always dickhead like you that like to criticise others, when theres no need.
  • 1 0
 Amazing photo Colin. Definitely gets me stoked to ride.
  • 1 0
 looks like a successful mission Colin!
  • 1 0
 I ride here! it's wonderful
  • 1 0
 now thats what I call a POD
  • 1 0
 beautiful pic Smile i likeSmile
  • 2 0
 Zermatt Rocks!
  • 1 0
 Mordor is beautiful this time of year
  • 1 0
 Nice shot, nice landscape!!
  • 1 0
 Sick Pic Sweet Pete! What a trip that must have been.
  • 2 0
 桌面，必须的
  • 2 1
 WOW this is amazing!
  • 2 1
 SWEET SHOT
  • 1 0
 Man such a sweet shot
  • 1 0
 That's just awesome.
  • 1 0
 wonderful!
  • 1 0
 very nice
  • 1 0
 Incredible scenery
  • 1 0
 One word: wow!
  • 1 1
 Want to be there
  • 2 0
 Come! I guide the trip Peter was on when this photo was taken! www.ridebig.com Check out the Alpenrock DH trips! It's more mind blowing every single year I am there!
  • 3 0
 Mathews, you suck...because your job is cooler than mine.
  • 1 0
 Hi Stephen, thanks again for guiding this summer. You might see me there again. I'm going to come ride Moose in the spring w/ Kenny99.
  • 2 0
 Yes! Do it! I don't think the road opens til May 15th though!
  • 2 0
 Stephen, Peter, you may both see me there again, camera in hand. Ride Big's trip was the real deal, for sure, and I look forward to doing another trip somewhere with all you guys on their program.
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