Europe’s Most Difficult Ski Resort? Verbier, Switzerland Review

[@PeakRankings]

We tried our best with the pronunciations 😅 "quatre" is a hard word to say

[@BerndtNorten]

It’s a bit like catruh

[@SRGSkiing]

We can help with French pronunciations!

[@orans_]

You kinda say cat and then give up while saying the ruh sound

[@zacharygippe7873]

I found it amusing, entertaining and fancy sounding 😂

[@simongloutnez589]

​@@orans_ I started offended! I then tought it was false! Then actually read the "you give up" part. Followed your tip and was like thats exactly how its pronunced! 😂

[@OasisGamingInc]

You guys are hands down my favorite reviewers, please keep crushing it!

[@svenzockt6491]

9:47 The guy falling on the surface lift in front of you😭😂

[@simongloutnez589]

I came for this comment! This was hilarious! I wish I had seen the whole thing 😂

[@Puzzoozoo]

@@simongloutnez589 Never laugh at someone's misfortune, for the same thing could happen to you.

[@simongloutnez589]

@@Puzzoozoo it had, and it will no doubt 😂 wish we'd have all my falls on video cause I'm sure a few of them had quite the comedic value 😅

[@josephrosner905]

suggestions i have for the channel 1: new rankings added to the 10 category mountain score (currently theres snow, resiliency, size, diversity, challenge, lifts, crowd flow, facilities, navigation, aesthetic) the new rankings i suggest are: -beginner friendliness -accessibility -affordability -ski season length also, split ur crowd flow category into lift line crowd flow and trail crowd flow 2: facilities, terrain and lift upgrades for 2024-25 season 3: do a review of valle nevado chile

[@timeflex]

I wish every review was as detailed and as specific as this one! Thanks and well done!

[@burninghops4449]

@Peakrankings St. Anton, Lech/Zurs, and Ischgl in Austria. Val d'isere, Tignes and Les Arcs in France. There are your future European trips. 🍻

[@garethonthetube]

If you want to get to Mont Fort before the crowds, stay in Siviez. Not much apres ski but, you can be at the top while they are still queueing at the gondola in Verbier. Then you can head over to Verbier after a couple of runs.

[@tanner4farm236]

I got a chance to go skiing here last March, it was truly incredible!!!

[@WaechterDerNacht]

I remember watching one of your first european ski resort reviews and thinking: "he hasn't figured out yet, that it's not the US..." So watching this, i have to say, is a massive leap and a very good review!

[@eteceo6493]

Trip planned for Biel, this helped. Keep it up, keep having fun!!

[@tadhgmcmaster2520]

Val d'isere-Tignes next🔥🔥🔥

[@padmeamidala4883]

Unfortunately Tignes is a ugly village

[@joepetch308]

@@padmeamidala4883great ski area though with great snow.

[@7A7Z1]

Amazing review, as always!

[@TheSlipperySlope]

Verbier is dope! 🙌🏻

[@DenoB777]

Massive snowstorm over switzerland startin in the next few hours. Not stoping until friday night. Blue sky and sun on saturday so... Very excited😁 Verbier currently the only open resort so should be fun🤞🏻

[@yaggydj]

Im an Instructor in Veysonnaz, great review. For me is a dream come true to be able to work here and I want to mention freeride final every year in the bec de roses....

[@bartmulder6995]

Wow, despite their pretty horrible pronunciation, they are clearly knowledgeable about the resort. They really went into the details of accessibility of certain parts of the resort given your comfort level and accessibility by public transport etc. Particularly useful! I know Les 4 Vallées by heart and I didn't hear anything that wasn't correct and, more importantly, good to be aware of.

[@IStMl]

FINALLY YOU REVIEWED IT

[@elliotholar8202]

Hope to see you do St. Anton sometime soon!

[@PeakRankings]

We will be there in March!

[@Shorles]

Can’t wait to go ski (21 days left for me!!!)

[@goodson77784]

where you going to? I live by Great Divide in Montana but Whitefish is my fav.

[@Shorles]

@@goodson77784 tremblant (im on east coast)

[@Brosef336]

@@ShorlesAt least your in the north. My home mountain is Sugar Mtn North Carolina 😭

[@boardingurban]

@@Shorles I knew it was tremblant just by the day. See you there dans 21 jours! 🙌🏼

[@MountainMitchYT]

Please go do the Sellaronda loop in the Dolomites! Soooo underrated.

[@touge242]

That ungroomed spring skiing looks fun

[@Yooouser584]

Do you need back country gear for the yellow rated free-ride zones? I am refering to a beacon, shovel and probe? Edit: I see that you have answered this later in the video. Is it easy to rent back country gear in the resort? It will be my first time doing true back country, full off-piste skiing. By the way, I love your videos. I have notifications turned on for all your videos. They are fantastic. Thank you so much for all the content and information you provide.

[@MrHariSheldon]

The times I went skiing there I had my normal piste ski gear, not my touring gear. I would suggest to have the shovel, probe and beacon on you when the avalanche danger exceeds level 2, at most 3. As far as I remember, there are also beacon test stands at some of the lift stations close to the freeride slopes.

[@kevinl8440]

No. Yellow are patrolled and managed

[@AnonymousProspect]

Most difficult? La Grave would like a word

[@lukehouge9776]

What camera do you use? Footage looks awesome!

[@PeakRankings]

GoPro Hero 12 for this resort!

[@lelbra]

so great man, im going here for a camp and info on the resort is so hard to find

[@Niklasgosoutside]

I have a few resorts that you guys should go to #1 Sunlight Mountain in Glenwood springs co it’s cheap and has a surprising amount of steep glades. #2 red lodge Montana, never been but my mom has and it’s fun if it has snow #3 most of the Midwest, you were gonna last year so I get it

[@PeakRankings]

Thanks for the suggestion!

[@LyriqQ9]

What are your guys thoughts on Deer valleys mega expansion. I think the low elevation stuff won’t be that good. But the higher stuff will be epic

[@philipmartin3902]

Are you guys going to put the European rankings on the website at some point?

[@rgarewal100]

Wow! At 1:27 is possibly the greatest looking side hit with the worst possible landing…

[@BlckJack123]

Where are the rankings for the non North American ski regions (Europe, South America, etc) on the Peak Rankings website?

[@PeakRankings]

Europe will be up once we have Les 3 Vallées finalized in a few weeks. South America will be up once we have the resorts we reviewed this summer done - so likely in the spring or so.

[@daveamirault]

If you’ve come to this video thinking you’re getting info on the Bec, move along.

[@shawnlarock9159]

We don’t have piste in Wisconsin

[@wobbecraft]

do paradiski/les arcs this season!!! (edit: in France)

[@SAS-by4bt]

I'd give Verbier an 8 for terrain diversity. -1 point for no tree riding!

[@GlobalMontainTales]

We are V E R B I E R - We are V E R B I E R !!!

[@zacharygippe7873]

Welp. You had me at 10 out of 10 challenge. "In bound thrills and steeps. *Rubbing hands fast* a peak vacation here someday? Lol

[@PeakRankings]

Keep an eye out for our schedule 👀

[@joepetch308]

4 Valleys is vast but once you leave Verbier the lift system isn’t quite as good. Good itinerary’s but most drag lifts. If you want a vast area with good connection nothing beats the 3 valleys in France. The off piste is better in Verbier though.

[@kevinl8440]

A simple Google search lists the acreage of 4 Vallees at well over 100,000 acres not 8,000.

[@sigalemiri]

Nope

[@kevinl8440]

@sigalemiri Yep. Oh that is right, Google is wrong, resort websites are wrong, ski tour sites are wrong, i and everyone else has skied there is wrong, but you who have never skied these resorts are right. Got it... The cope is legendary with you

[@sigalemiri]

@@kevinl8440 I’m not sure what sources you’ve encountered, as you often refer to 'Google.' However, I believe that Google can be misleading, as it may reflect political biases and business interests that don’t always prioritize the truth. Can I ask how old are you?

[@kevinl8440]

@@sigalemiri 44. Skiing since 6. I ski 150 days a year with AltaBird my home resort. And Google is not hard to use. "4 vallees acres" see how simple that is?

[@sigalemiri]

​@@kevinl8440 Or better yet, use Open Snow Maps or Open Ski Maps to check how many kilometers of ski tracks 4 vallees really have, instead of just trusting what the main search engine says. It's easy, and you'll confirm if they're lying.

[@xthe_moonx]

lol @ 9:46 guy on t-bar is going DOWN lol

[@cyberdog4453]

Would say resort wise chamonix and val d isere are more challenging

[@damianysek7978]

Navigation score: 3 - do not understand that score, you should compare and score that section in comparison to another so big resorts not to some small 150km/100 miles ones

[@jonny8597]

So this would put it at about 7th if it was in the US, nice.

[@RD1R]

Yup. And it would be higher if it got 350"+ of snowfall, but it's tough to beat NA or Japan without bigger snow.

[@kevinl8440]

lol Dude my local hill, Snowbird, is the best in the US and Snowbird is nowhere near in the same league as Verbier. Not even close.

[@Puzzoozoo]

I'm between a beginner and an intermediate, so as Verbier isn't for me, I'll be giving it a miss.

[@kevinl8440]

Your acreage is WAY off. No way is 4 Valles just a bit bigger than AltaBird. 4 Valles is like 10 times that.

[@sigalemiri]

Nope

[@kevinl8440]

@sigalemiri Ah yeah. I ski AltaBird almost every day and i do 2 weeks at Verbier a year. AltaBird is like a fifteenth the size of 4 Valles.

[@sigalemiri]

@@kevinl8440 A fifteenth!? Mountain perception can be tricky, especially with resorts located in such varied mountain ranges. I haven’t measured it exactly, but from topographical maps, it seems that if you combine all the skiable areas in 4 Vallées and remove the unskiable terrain, like cliffs or areas inaccessible from lifts, Alta and Snowbird might not be that much smaller in terms of acreage. Try comparing them at the same zoom level on open ski map for a clearer perspective.

[@kevinl8440]

@@sigalemiri Dude I SKI THEM! Play with your MAPS all you want but you have absolutely no idea what you are talking about it. And a fifeteenth is being extremely generous to AltaBird. There is way more you can't ski at AltaBird than at 4 Valles. Have you even skied these resorts????

[@sigalemiri]

@@kevinl8440 A map provides actual data, which goes beyond a single person's opinion. And if you’re going to talk about these resorts, at least spell '4 Vallees' correctly.

[@cyrusthegreat7305]

Can you rate Mt Rose in Reno my home mountain.

[@PeakRankings]

Check out our Tahoe Ranked video! Also our Mt Rose written review: www.peakrankings.com/content/mount-rose

[@malogold2269]

It’s funny how he is supposed to be good at making good ski trips, however he has only found pow in chile…

[@PeakRankings]

😂

[@elliotearles8302]

Recorded this episode in a hotel? More echo than usual in the narration

[@rubenbaehler]

I really would recommend 4 vallees above Zermatt any day. All the skiing between Plateau Rosa and Zermatt is booooring, the italian counterpart is even worse. The lifts on the Italy side are outdated asf, off-piste is a no-no on many spots as you're steps away from a glacier... Idk, all the high altitude terrain there is quite boring in my opinion. Mostly reds, wide and repetitive reds. No trees... A ton of km and beautiful iconic views, sure, but as far as skiing goes, not the best. Plus EXPENSIVE. At that point you might as well go to 4 vallees. I'm swiss and have been skiing around my country for years, Zermatt is way down near the bottom of my tier list.

[@apextheprotogen2077]

Rate Alyeska

[@1otisoti]

Nice work but please lenthen the edits

[@lorcanduffy9590]

I honestly don’t know why I like hearing an American perspective on resorts in Europe so much? I guess it was a bias we had growing up that American resorts were over-hyped and tiny by comparison to what was in the alps. Honestly this channel and other creators here have opened my eyes to how different the experience can be

[@PeakRankings]

Glad we could be of service!

[@lorcanduffy9590]

@ any chance of a job ripping the shite out of American resorts on skinny skis?

[@nl7002]

Verbier should not be ahead of Zermatt, let's be honest. Actually, it's more Zermatt which is heavily underscored here imo. Way off.

[@HS-pk8cd]

Queue for lifts, tracked out in 2 min, full of snobs, avoid

[@Aboard_and_Abroad]

brutal chemtrails

[@slurpiboi8475]

Love the videos but the French pronunciations were a little hard to listen to

[@ganlyb]

I know you apologised for pronunciation, but omg quatre is bad but the rest is dreadful. Nice vid though

[@leslas5747]

11min and 70views bro fell off hard 😢