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Riding Jaw Dropping Trails Under Switzerland's Most Iconic Peak - Video
In the first episode of Singletrack Switzerland, a new Teton Gravity Research mountain bike project produced in partnership with Swiss International Air Lines, Switzerland Tourism, and BMC Switzerland, two American mountain bikers – pro rider, Brice Shirbach, and pro skier, Carston Oliver – venture to Zermatt, Switzerland, where they experience alpine singletrack on a level and in a landscape unmatched in North America with the help of Epic Europe tours.
With gorgeous singletrack winding down thousands of vertical feet of Swiss Alps mountainsides from gondolas, trams, and trains that climb near every peak in the valley, the pair join German BMC Pro Rider, Kerstin Kögler to experience all Zermatt has to offer, including Gornergrat train-assisted descents and the giant Zmutt Glacier, which is steadily being whittled away by climate change but yet still holds an unparalleled beauty. #singletrackswitzerland
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 Brice Shirbach loads his bike bag onto the CFF train to Zermatt after landing in Geneva. Switzerland's public transit system is dialed beyond belief, and we took it everywhere. Ryan Dunfee photo. |
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| The Matterhorn blots out the sun on our first ride up the Gornergrat train in Zermatt. Switzerland's most iconic peak frames life across the valley. Ryan Dunfee photo. |
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| Kerstin Kogler leads Carston Oliver down towards Riffelsee Lake on the first day of the Singletrack Switzerland trip. |
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| Kerstin, Brice, and Carston rally down epic Swiss dirt in Zermatt. Ryan Dunfee photo. |
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| A recently-shot Chamois hangs on the gutter to dry out outside the chalet of a local mountain biker in Zermatt. Being a mountain biker means you're one of many types of people using the lift system to access the mountains. Ryan Dunfee photo. |
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| BMC pro rider, Kerstin Kogler shreds down from the 100-year-old Gornergrat train towards the Matterhorn in Zermatt, Switzerland. Grant Gunderson photo. |
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| Another day, another way to get up the mountain. Switzerland has some kind of lift going up to practically every peak in sight, and we hardly climbed at all the entire trip. Ryan Dunfee photo. |
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| Carston, Brice, and Kerstin shred down from the Gornergrat train with a dusting of snow on the trails in Zermatt. Ryan Dunfee photo. |
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| The #singletrackswitzerland crew pedals back into Zermatt after a long day in the mountains shredding trail. Grant Gunderson photo. |
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| Carston Oliver leads Brice Shirbach through a Zermatt rock garden with the Gornger glacier and the Italian border in the background. Grant Gunderson photo. |
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| Carston Oliver shreds down in between open cattle pastures on the way back down to Zermatt. Ryan Dunfee photo. |
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| Brice, Kerstin, and Carston high five at the end of a huge day in Zermatt that culminated at the giant Zmutt glacier. Stay tuned for the next episodes from Verbier and the Jungfrau region! Ryan Dunfee photo. |
Want to win your own Singletrack Switzerland trip? Head to tetongravity.com/switzerland to enter our sweepstakes for a guided mountain bike trip in Switzerland with Swiss International Air Lines, Switzerland Tourism, and Epic Europe, along with a brand-new BMC mountain bike.
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