@40mpg The VB got ridden back in the 80’s, pre fat bike and no word on whether everyone survived the many holes on the way down…. And at 3842 for the top of the station it’s not much over the Grande Sassiere. Riding out through the gates onto the arete would be, err, committing though! A group fatbiked down from the new Skyway lift a couple winters ago, a bit lower in height again but still a brave choice. I think Papy Millet rode Gran Paradiso 4061m a couple autumns back, but it’s not a trail. Or a good idea for most!
Give it another few years of glacial retreat and rising snowline and I’m sure the Grande Sassiere will have some more competition, but it’s the highest actual trail rather than line in the snow I can think of in the western alps, but the alps are a big place so I’m interested to see what others come up with, the Caucasus are part of europe aren’t they?