Sébastien de Sainte Marie

Birthday: 20.4.1992

Career highlights:

first descent of the Rautispitz east face (Glarus/ Switzerland), first descent of "les Brenvitudes" on Mont Blanc Italian side, first descent Gspaltenhorn north face (Bern/ Switzerland),

first descent Tour Sallière direct north face (Valais/ Switzerland), first descent Vorab Glarner north face (Glarus/Switzerland), first descent Pilatus north face (Lucerne/ Switzerland), first descent Säntis direct north face (Appenzell/ Switzerland), attempt until 7200m on the English route at Shishapangma south face (Tibet).

Athlete talk

Words to live/ personal mantra:

 life is like a book to write, let's try to make it the most exciting and beautiful as possibly. There is no other chance.

What "no shortcuts" means for you:

full commitment to my action.

Three things you always pack:

In my scott Mountain Pro 35l I always pack my Sony a6500, my Outdoor Research Helium jacket and my Scott LCG google with a spare lens.

How I relax:

I go in nature, my source of inspiration.

Favorite place to ski:

I am a ski explorer. Each new route, I fall in love with the mountain I am skiing.

Winter 2017-2018:

My winter never ends! I am sure june and maybe July will bring many cool steep descents. Until now my season was quite interesting. I have started in November to ski couloir in west couloir Silberplatten, always nice for the first turns, then I made the first descent of Männliflue north face (Bern Oberland), it was a descent I spotted for long time. In January I skied the Schiesshorn (Grisons) west face first descent, it the big face just over Arosa, that made big chronicle in Arosa people were super surprised people could ski that. Then I skied the East couloir of Mürtschenstock (Glarus), it seams the first descent too but I haven't communicated about cause I didn't checked but it was in a "quite zone". Then I made the first descent of the big north face of Vorab Glarner (Glarus), it's the impressive face just over Elm, last year I made the first descent of the west face with my mate Adelin Favre. In march I skied with my friend Michal Dzian the first descent of the Chüpfenflue north face (Grisons), at the third attempt due too hard avalanche conditions. In April I ski at the second attempt the super technical Tiejer Flue north face (Grisons) also a first ski descent, a true exposed face were I had to abseil on my Riot 18" pole! With this descent I complete my trilogy of first descent ( Schiesshorn, Tiejer Flue and Chüpfenflue are The 3 big face between Arosa And Davos). For my birthday on 20 April I skied the Monte Leone North face wich is a rare in condition 300m high face in Simplon Pass. After two weeks of exploration in Peruvian Amazonia I still hope to ski some project in Bernina and Simplon area. Keep going!