The Trophée des Gastlosen ("trophy of the Gastlosen") is a Swiss competition of

ski mountaineering Ski mountaineering (abbreviated to skimo) is a skiing discipline that involves climbing mountains either on skis or carrying them, depending on the steepness of the ascent, and then descending on skis. There are two major categories of equipmen ...

, which is carried out annually in the Gastlosen, near Jaun, since 1993. The history of the Trophée des Gastlosen goes back to 1987, when

Erhard Loretan Erhard Loretan (28 April 1959 – 28 April 2011) was a Swiss mountain climber, often described as one of the greatest mountaineers of all times. Biography Loretan was born in Bulle in the canton of Fribourg. He trained as a cabinet maker (1979) ...

had the idea to carry out the ''Patrouille des Poyets''. The Trophée des Gastlosen has been part of the Swiss cup of ski mountaineering (''Coupe Suisse de Ski Alpinisme'') since 1995, was also part of the World Cup of skimountaineering as well as part of the Trophée des Alpes in 2002.Philippe Perritaz
''Alpinismus, Berg- u. a. Sportarten: Trophée des Gastlosen''
(German) in ''Die Alpen'', 2005.

Courses

The long distance course A includes a total altitude difference (ascent) of 2,190 m and a total altitude difference for downhill skiing of 2,230 m.

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