A rare new black run will open in Austria next winter, an event so unusual that the new trail has already been given an intimidating name – the Black Mamba.
‘Extreme piste’ number 14 on the Kitzsteinhorn above Kaprun will plunger 290 vertical metres during its 1km length, at gradients of up to 63%.
The run will begin from the valley station of the Kristallbahn lift and finish at Langweid.
There is some debate as to which is Austria’s steepest groomed piste but Mayrhofen claims it is their 1.1km long Harakiri slope which has a gradient of 78%.
