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A short walk with a unique panoramic view.Photo: Gornergrat Bahn, Zermatt Tourismus
It is no coincidence that the Gornergrat is one of Switzerland's top excursion destinations. This short circular route lets you experience the magic around the Gornergrat as well as the impressive panorama.
The short high-altitude hiking trail starts and ends at the Gornergrat viewing platform and runs behind the Gornergrat peak. With some luck, wild ibex can be seen.
- 33 min ride with the Gornergrat railway from Zermatt to Gornergrat
- Below the viewing platform: 3100 Kulmhotel Gornergrat (highest hotel in the Swiss Alps)
Author’s recommendation
At the viewing platform, the start and end point of the high-altitude hiking trail, free Viscopes are available. These are viewing telescopes that precisely display desired information such as mountain and place names or trail markings in the viewer's field of vision. Also worth a visit: the multimedia experience "Zooom the Matterhorn".
Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.
Track types
Rest stops
3100 Kulmhotel Gornergrat - "VIS-Ã-VIS"Glacier Alpine Kitchen
Safety information
- Carefully plan every mountain tour and adapt it to your own conditions as well as the weather and season.
- The weather in the mountains can change rapidly. Therefore, bring appropriate clothing and enough provisions and water. Turn back in time if the weather is uncertain.
- Inform others about the tour and if possible never go alone.
- Do not leave marked trails and do not venture onto glaciers without a mountain guide.
- Show consideration for other hikers as well as plants and animals.
- Pay attention to warning signs that alert to constant danger in the riverbed and at the banks of watercourses below dams and water intakes.
Tips and suggestions
Ticket for the ride to GornergratRoadbook
Around the Gornergrat viewing platform
3100 Kulmhotel Gornergrat - "VIS-Ã-VIS"
Glacier Alpine Kitchen
Public transport
By train to Matterhorn village: 3½ hrs from Zurich airport or 4 hrs from Geneva airport. Visp is the transfer point for the Matterhorn Gotthard Railway. From Visp the railway route goes through the Nikolai Valley, past small, idyllic villages to Zermatt.
Zermatt is also the start or end point of the world-famous Glacier Express panoramic train journey (St. Moritz / Davos – Zermatt).
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Directions
Zermatt is car-free. Access for private vehicles is only allowed up to Täsch (5 km before Zermatt). The Täsch - Zermatt road is closed to public traffic.
Further travel to Zermatt is either by private taxi service or shuttle trains. The trains run every 20 minutes. After about 12 minutes, the journey ends at the station square in Zermatt.
Parking
In Täsch, parking garages with covered and uncovered spaces are available, e.g. at the Matterhorn Terminal or from private providers.
Further travel: see Arrival.
Coordinates
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Equipment
Our recommendation:- Good footwear
- Possibly hiking poles
- Weather-appropriate clothing (always carry rain protection)
Localization
Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.
User Questions