A trail from Riffelalp down to the valley with the famous Matterhorn in the background.

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flag dara (Jun 7, 2006 at 1:44)
Beautiful photo, very envious
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flag dirtjumper45 (Nov 18, 2007 at 7:55)
I think i see Bender up on the cliff
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flag johaines (Apr 12, 2008 at 9:27)
this is more a mountain photo then a bike photRazz looks great anywaysSmile
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flag kolya (Aug 14, 2008 at 5:24)
Looks like K2
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flag bonkfisher5 (Jan 20, 2009 at 21:10)
I'm thinking POD
The background is amzaing!
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flag olivermilton (Mar 7, 2009 at 17:38)
I'm thinking too... POD!
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flag robtett (Mar 9, 2009 at 10:41)
Haha kinda looks like the matterhorn is smoking!
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flag travis657 (May 29, 2009 at 9:02)
it looks to me like a cloiud
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flag hellyhansen (Jun 22, 2009 at 8:54)
SWEET! my dad was there!!!
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flag yorkshiremat (Jun 7, 2006 at 2:53)
ahhh the matterhorn, a perfect example of a pyramidal peak, with knife edge ridges and corries and.. sorry, got geography on the brain. nice picture.
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flag joeditch (Jun 22, 2008 at 0:24)
there some great examples of aretes also Big Grin
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flag StevePrice (Sep 8, 2008 at 7:38)
ahhhh yes, the glaciers have caused some small corries which are imhabited by a glacier,


ahh the joys of GCSE geography
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flag jimmymtbking (Jan 7, 2009 at 23:29)
lmao
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flag travis657 (May 29, 2009 at 9:02)
its winter behind him bt hes riding in summer
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flag josh2 (Jun 7, 2006 at 2:56)
awesome pic nice!!
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flag luke-smith (Jun 7, 2006 at 3:00)
hope you had a pleasant stay in Switzerland.
and by the way did you mention the smoking peak
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flag czytoon (Jun 7, 2006 at 3:52)
WOW factor - thats nice Big Grin but indeed it does have the wow factor. that is the essence of mtbiking
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flag oryxmtb (Jun 7, 2006 at 3:57)
POD!!!
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flag rider83 (Jun 7, 2006 at 4:15)
First time i found a "OK" cross country picture...
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flag kenncrew (Jun 7, 2006 at 4:31)
That is AMAZING. I want a go......
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flag helmetspecial (Jun 7, 2006 at 5:43)
nice scenery. looks fast!
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flag cosmosis (Jun 7, 2006 at 6:00)
>>LoL that mountain has so big white mouths, but it uses the only nose to smoke haha !!
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flag industrialmartin (Jun 7, 2006 at 7:13)
:O sick pic!
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flag kliszny (Jun 7, 2006 at 8:06)
amazing view.... POD!!!
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flag pbuser69739 (Jun 7, 2006 at 8:38)
Amazing Stuf man Pod
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flag mackers90 (Jun 7, 2006 at 9:40)
rider 83 your a jackass, amazing pic mate, definatley the essence of mtbing
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flag cunning-stunt (Jun 7, 2006 at 9:44)
that is truly stunning! Definitely pod
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flag acrazyapple (Jun 7, 2006 at 12:06)
f*ck me .........POTD 4 sure
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flag sgsrider00 (Jun 7, 2006 at 13:23)
nice pic
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flag bansheesrock (Jun 7, 2006 at 17:55)
yea it looks like the top is smoking lol
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flag evilpimperial (Jun 7, 2006 at 22:22)
Very Nice pic
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flag bcmudrider (Jun 7, 2006 at 22:23)
Pod for sure
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flag tannerhopkins13 (Jun 7, 2006 at 22:23)
sweet pic
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flag onlyv (Jun 7, 2006 at 22:44)
Yeaahh, matterhorn Big Grin i've been there for skiing, i love swietzerland and matterhorn... AWESOME PIC!!!!!
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flag acceboss (Jun 8, 2006 at 0:29)
THAT IS AN AWESOME PIC ! ! ! POD 4 SURE ! ! !
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flag jezzzer (Jun 8, 2006 at 1:53)
sweet nice pic!!...that mountain in the background looks pretty spikey
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flag 2005hardrock (Jun 8, 2006 at 3:46)
that is a amazing pic
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flag marvelous (Jun 8, 2006 at 4:48)
f*cking amazing.....anybody ride down that mountain?
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flag thesavage (Jun 8, 2006 at 7:14)
Damn...sick
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flag chrisssr (Jun 8, 2006 at 8:20)
wow that looks sooooooo nice!!
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flag konafreeryder (Jun 8, 2006 at 12:10)
wow tahts a sick pic!!!i vote POD
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flag mxsptzr (Jun 8, 2006 at 12:18)
very, very nice photo.
IMO opinion it would have been better if the rider was truckin, up the hill.
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flag gillyrocks (Jun 8, 2006 at 13:01)
sweeeeeeeeet pod definitely
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flag dropoutndropin (Jun 8, 2006 at 13:45)
P
O
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flag demoman77 (Jun 8, 2006 at 15:09)
very nice props 2 u
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flag racerfacer (Jun 8, 2006 at 15:42)
man this should be POD with epic scenery and trail and riding (finally an opportunity for us cross country'ers), but pinkbike would get hacked by all the pissed off 13 year olds because an XC picture would have made POD.
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flag andyroo (Jun 8, 2006 at 17:16)
This is amazing! POD!
try decending the matterhorn in your next ride there
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flag leay (Jun 8, 2006 at 18:17)
wonderful picture POD
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flag bikerboy15 (Jun 8, 2006 at 19:34)
that is a B-E-AUtiful pic nice man
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flag kobylkam122 (Jun 8, 2006 at 19:35)
epic
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flag redridesrule (Jun 8, 2006 at 20:41)
deffinetly captures the mood.. sweet pic.
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flag konafreeride (Jun 14, 2006 at 12:32)
woh that mountain looks like off the grinch
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flag madkimi (Jun 15, 2006 at 12:48)
verry nice pic...should be P.O.D!!!
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flag niea (Jun 18, 2006 at 20:08)
amazing pic
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flag sammyboy2038 (Jun 21, 2006 at 0:10)
dope pod
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flag bikerboy15 (Jul 23, 2006 at 15:50)
POTD!!!!!!!!
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flag torrent66 (Jul 25, 2006 at 9:05)
it makes a beauty desktop
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flag dts25 (Aug 1, 2006 at 22:04)
beautiful!
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flag brybry (Aug 2, 2006 at 20:10)
WOW!!!!!!!!!!! YOU HAVE THE BEST ALBUM I HAVE EVER SEEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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flag bobbseytwin1 (Aug 2, 2006 at 23:32)
P.O.D
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flag ramquatch (Nov 5, 2007 at 16:51)
man that mountain is way fuking cool
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flag shacabahalla (Nov 17, 2007 at 17:07)
thats the best pic ever why is this not POD???
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flag martin-kennedy (Nov 18, 2007 at 6:47)
Who knows? Bt is an awesome picBig Grin bkground is one of the nicest i've seenRazz
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flag gomess (Nov 18, 2007 at 8:28)
POD!!VERY NICE
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flag mattiscool124 (Nov 25, 2007 at 20:12)
pod and i dont think even a demo 8 would be able to do that mountain in the background but sick pic
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flag saw4 (Dec 9, 2007 at 5:53)
yea riding under the Mt. Matterhorn Big Grin cool Big Grin
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flag yellowpit (Dec 31, 2007 at 4:09)
M...Switzerland- the best bike roads I ever seen! Should be POD, should be POD...
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flag falloftroy (Dec 31, 2007 at 11:02)
bad
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flag eskimobiker223 (Jan 4, 2008 at 9:41)
MY VOTE 4 POD
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flag eskimobiker223 (Jan 4, 2008 at 9:41)
POD
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flag eskimobiker223 (Jan 4, 2008 at 9:41)
pod
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flag kadryl (Feb 6, 2008 at 6:27)
If someone make this POD i'll cut myslef... I mean.. come on! POD should be for good trick or nice timing - NOT FOR SCENERY.. but that's still a nice pic..
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flag bikenerdy (Mar 23, 2008 at 9:35)
haha cut urself
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flag freeriderrr4852 (Feb 7, 2008 at 20:59)
this is awesome buttt i would be riding my bike up to that peak!!
lol
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flag wa2wider (Feb 17, 2008 at 15:07)
I only need 30,000 VISA airmile points, $5G's and my wifes permission....but one day I will ride Zermatt.
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flag Buszmen (Feb 24, 2008 at 1:36)
POD!
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flag noved (Mar 21, 2008 at 19:16)
when i first looked at the pic the mountain looked posted in the back.
Wow epic
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flag mofo16 (Mar 23, 2008 at 23:23)
POD for sure!
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flag b-free (Mar 25, 2008 at 19:55)
Is that a switchback chopped into the side of the peak???
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flag mbcbulldog (Mar 30, 2008 at 5:03)
really nice pic..POD for sure..
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flag Elguapo89 (Apr 3, 2008 at 13:17)
amazing...POD...
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flag mtb4lyfe (Apr 4, 2008 at 16:50)
the snow on the mountain looks like lippss
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flag kellyrom (May 5, 2008 at 22:29)
pod!
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flag UKmountain (May 11, 2008 at 6:41)
Dude thats epic!
mint shot.
Look like a beautifull place to ride.
POD!
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flag ashdamash (May 11, 2008 at 6:42)
An epic pic!!
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flag pedalbite (May 11, 2008 at 11:01)
OMG thats the most beautiful pic ive ever seen on pinkbike
POD!!!
POD!!!
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flag ben3 (Jun 22, 2008 at 0:31)
ha ha the mountains just taking a break from smoking and has put the cigarette behind its ear lol
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flag eddiethekid (Jul 2, 2008 at 14:40)
lol the matterhorn! very nice shot...and wow!!! theres a sign on the mountain saying pinkbike!!! amazing!!! joke joke there btw!
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flag mkrider (Jul 4, 2008 at 12:04)
Love the scenery... great pic
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flag KtownKilla (Jul 4, 2008 at 12:06)
I dont care what kinda trail that is, i would love to have that shot in my album..
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flag christiankona (Aug 3, 2008 at 14:31)
haha its smoking some crrrack
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flag shox2000 (Aug 30, 2008 at 7:22)
nicee
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flag kadryl (Nov 20, 2008 at 9:30)
can you imagine someone falling down this shit? nice picSmile
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flag diogodavinha (Dec 20, 2008 at 12:52)
craaazy place!!! POD!!!
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flag dmofman (Jan 7, 2009 at 7:40)
amazing trail, rode it in july, was also in dirt mag in the summer, everybody has to go there once in there life, POD
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flag stinkybigd (Jan 8, 2009 at 19:12)
its a for sure near POD
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flag enzodropone (Feb 20, 2009 at 12:02)
il cervino
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flag schelling (Mar 2, 2009 at 13:52)
yeaaaaaaaaaaaaah !
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flag Maciek42 (Mar 9, 2009 at 10:40)
wow so beautiful Pod i think
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flag Piechu (Mar 9, 2009 at 10:41)
I see huge wallride in background....
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flag gromhit (Mar 13, 2009 at 16:10)
POD!
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Date: 2006-06-07
Trail: Zermatt, Switzerland
Riders: Janne Tjarnstrom
Description: A trail from Riffelalp down to the valley with the famous Matterhorn in the background.
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