Botanical Trail (Nr. 31)
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Up on these high alpine pastures, the variety of colours among the flowers is endless. Spring gentians bring bright shades of blue, soon followed by various species of anemone and pasque flower, including Haller’s pasque flower (Pulsatilla halleri), a very rare species typical of Zermatt. Later still, the edelweiss appear. A special feature along this walk: you can observe edelweiss comfortably at eye level, just a couple of hundred metres after crossing the Triftbach river.
Because so many different flowers blossom here, the variety of butterflies and other insects is also enormous. These include the beautiful but threatened Apollo butterfly (strictly protected).
- Special feature: small areas of “flat bog” located on steep slopes (one of the paradoxes of the botanical world)
- In flat bog areas: various orchids
- Right beside them, in dry areas: edelweiss
- Appropriate for children from age 8
- Ibex colony in the vicinity of the Pension Edelweiss / Alterhaupt
- Information panels in German, English, French, Japanese
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Properties
- Refreshment options
- Route tour
- Easy for walking with children
- Nice views
- Geological highlights
- Botanical highlights
- Cultural highlights
- Faunistic highlights