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Past the Schwarzsee and the chapel "Maria zum Schnee"Photo: Michael Portmann, Zermatt Tourismus
Zermatt – that is alpinism at the highest level. This hike goes onto the Zermatt balconies, over 35 hours on the trail. With overcoming around 7,000 meters in altitude up and down – this is a stage route with the highest experience value.
Where and when to stay overnight depends on the capacities and the hiker's desire. There is definitely a sufficient selection of hospitable mountain huts where the mountain adventure can be truly celebrated. The exciting thing is: the mountain landscape and the perspective on the surrounding four-thousanders changes continuously.
- View of the highest peaks in the Alpine region
- Photo subject: Matterhorn from different perspectives
- Photo subject: Monte Rosa massif from different perspectives
Author’s recommendation
- Reservation at the mountain huts recommended
- Variants with and without use of mountain railways
- Stage to Monte Rosa Hut: mountain guide recommended (glacier tour)
- Täschalp: cheese and whey cheese available for purchase
The mountain world around Zermatt with its 38 four-thousanders offers breathtaking panoramas and unique fauna and flora.
Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.
Track types
Rest stops
EdelweissTrift Berggasthaus
Schönbielhütte
Stafelalp 2200m
Restaurant Schwarzsee
MARMO Restaurant & Chalet
Furri
Simi
Ritti
Al Bosco - Riffelalp Resort 2222 m.ü.M.
Alphitta
Lucy Walker Stube
Buffet & Bar Riffelberg
Monte Rosa hut (Swiss Alpine Club)
Glacier Alpine Kitchen
Grünsee Mountain Lodge
Fluhalp
Täschhütte SAC
Täschalp Restaurant & Lodge
Safety information
- Carefully plan every mountain tour and adapt to your own conditions as well as the weather and season.
- The weather can change quickly in the mountains. Therefore bring suitable 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 enter glaciers without a mountain guide.
- Walking on ski slopes is prohibited.
- Be considerate of other hikers as well as plants and animals.
- Observe warning signs that draw attention to the constant danger in the riverbed and on the banks of watercourses below dams and water intakes.
Roadbook
Listing of route sections with overnight accommodation options.
- Zermatt - Alterhaupt (Edelweiss) (1h) > Pension Edelweiss
- Alterhaupt (Edelweiss) - Trift (1h 10) > Mountain Guesthouse Trift
- Trift - Schönbielhütte (4 h 10) > Schönbielhütte
- Schönbielhütte - Schwarzsee (3 h 10) > Hotel Schwarzsee
- Schwarzsee - Gandegghütte (2 h 35) > Gandegghütte
- Gandegghütte - Furi (2 h 10) > Hotel Silvana
- Furi - Riffelalp (1h 30) > Riffelalp Resort
- Riffelalp - Riffelberg (1 h) > Hotel Riffelberg
- Riffelberg - Rotenboden (45 min) > Kulmhotel Gornergrat
- Rotenboden station - Monte Rosa Hut* (4 h) > Monte Rosa Hut
- Monte Rosa Hut* - Rotenboden (4 h)
- Rotenboden - Gornergrat (50 min) > Kulmhotel Gornergrat
- Gornergrat - Grünsee (1 h 40) > Mountain Lodge Ze Seewjinu
Variant 1 (via Pfulwen)
- Grünsee - Fluhalp (1 h 40) > Mountain Hut Fluhalp
- Fluhalp - Pfulwe - Täschhütte (Alpine route, 4 h 15) > Täschhütte
- Täschhütte - Europaweg Hut (Täschalp) - Täsch (2 h 15) > Europaweg Hut
Variant 2 (via Tufteren)
- Grünsee - Sunnegga (1 h 15) > Restaurant Sunnegga
- Sunnegga - Tufteren (30 min) > Restaurant Tufternalp
- Tufteren - Täschalp (1 h 45) > Restaurant Europaweg Hut
- Täschalp - Täschhütte (1 h 30) > Täschhütte
- Täschhütte - Täsch (2 h 15)
* partly alpine route and crosses glaciers
Edelweiss
Trift Berggasthaus
Trift chapel
Viewpoint Small bench at Höhbalmen
Schönbielhütte
Stafelalp 2200m
Schwarzsee chapel, “Maria zum Schnee”
Schwarzsee (cable car station)
Schwarzsee
Restaurant Schwarzsee
Trockener Steg mountain station
ICE Pizzeria
MARMO Restaurant & Chalet
Furi prayer house, “Schmerzhafte Muttergottes”
Furri
Furi mountain station
Simi
Ritti
Al Bosco - Riffelalp Resort 2222 m.ü.M.
Alphitta
Alexandre - Riffelalp Resort 2222 m.ü.M.
Riffelalp chapel, “Herz Jesu”
Riffelberg chapel, “Bruder Klaus”
Riffelhaus 1853
Lucy Walker Stube
Buffet & Bar Riffelberg
Riffelberg mountain station
Riffelsee
Monte Rosa hut (Swiss Alpine Club)
Rotenboden mountain station
Gornergrat chapel, “Bernhard von Aosta”
Glacier Alpine Kitchen
Grünsee Mountain Lodge
Grünsee
Grindjisee
Fluhalp
Täschhütte SAC
Täschalp
Täschalp chapel
Täschalp Restaurant & Lodge
Täschberg Chapel
Täsch railway station
Public transport
By train to the Matterhorn village: 3½ hours from Zurich Airport or 4 hours from Geneva Airport. Visp is the transfer station to the Matterhorn Gotthard Railway. From Visp, the railway line leads 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 road Täsch - Zermatt is closed to public traffic.Further travel to Zermatt is either by private taxi service or by shuttle trains. The trains run every 20 minutes. After about 12 minutes, the journey ends at the train station square in Zermatt.
Parking
In Täsch, parking garages with covered and uncovered spaces are available.For example, at the Matterhorn Terminal or with private providers.
Further travel: see arrival instructions.
Coordinates
Book recommendation by the author
"Explore themes in Zermatt", Zermatt Bergbahnen AG, self-published, ISBN 978-3-905756-68-5. German, English, French. Available at the Zermatt Bergbahnen AG shop at Matterhorn glacier paradise. "Zermatt legends and myths", Karl Lehner, reprint of 1982, ZAP CH-3900 Brig, without ISBN number "The Guardian of the Matterhorn – my life on the Hörnli hut", Kurt Lauber. Droemer Verlag 2012. German, possibly Japanese. ISBN 978-3-426-27573-3. "Closer to the truth – the catastrophe at the Matterhorn of 1865", Hannes Taugwalder and Martin Jaggi, Glendyn Verlag Aarau, 2013. German. Without ISBN number. Available at the ZAP bookstore, Zermatt. "The Matterhorn from Africa – the geological history of the Alps", Michel Marthaler, A4, 2013, Ott Verlag AG, German and French. ISBN 978-3-7225-0133-8 "Scrambles Amongst the Alps – in the Years 1860–1869". Edward Whymper, National Geographic Adventure Classics, Washington D.C., English. ISBN 0-7922-6923-3. “First on the rope – female pioneers in rock and ice”, Caroline Fink and Karin Steinbach, Tyrolia Verlag Innsbruck, 2013. German. ISBN 978-3-7022-3252-8, also as e-book ISBN 978-3-7022-3253-5.
Author’s map recommendations
Book recommendations for this region:
Recommended maps for this region:
Equipment
Our recommendation:
- Good, sturdy footwear
- Possibly hiking poles
- Weather-appropriate clothing (always bring rain protection)
- Provisions and water
Localization
Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.
User Questions