FollowEach year, just before Easter we have a race called the Vertical Up. The course is the downhill ski race course in reverse – racers start at the bottom and run up to the start hut at the top of the Lauberhorn.
Any equipment can be used – skis, crampons etc, but the fastest competitors use running shoes fitted with spikes and a pair of long poles. Last year’s race was a bit of a disaster as a storm rolled in just before the start meaning that only the first third of the course was safe to use. Today the race started earlier and everything was fine. Here are the girls getting their prizes. Victoria from Zermatt was the winner.
