The GSL-Matterhorn is a real size 1:1 replica of the Matterhorn, a mountain on the border of Switzerland and Italy. Building the GSL-Matterhorn was an initiative of the Global Skiing League (GSL), an organization of skiing professionals world wide. The GSL organizes conventions in many cities of the world, and often the GSL-Matterhorn is taken along, so that the convention can be held on top of this artificial mountain.