Matterhorn Tour
This is the ultimate hike around the world’s most beautiful mountain, the Matterhorn. The tour begins in Randa and leads anticlockwise around the pyramid-shaped peak, revealing the iconic mountain’s many different facets.
Details
TypeLong distance hiking trail
DifficultyHard
Duration2 d 12 h
Distance147.3 km
Ascent10353 m
Descent10143 m
Lowest point1403 m
Highest point3316 m
This is the ultimate hike around the world’s most beautiful mountain, the Matterhorn. The tour begins in Randa and leads anticlockwise around the pyramid-shaped peak, revealing the iconic mountain’s many different facets.
Details
TypeLong distance hiking trail
DifficultyHard
Duration2 d 12 h
Distance147.3 km
Ascent10353 m
Descent10143 m
Lowest point1403 m
Highest point3316 m
Description
A tour de force for expert and fit hikers with extensive experience of the high mountains. 60 hours of hiking, 13,000 vertical metres and 148 effective kilometres: a supreme adventure! The route leads high and low, via countless famous locations: Zinal in the Val d’Anniviers, Lac de Moiry, Arolla, Haut Glacier d’Arolla, Col Collon. And then into Italy: Lago Place Moulin, Tola, Torrente Marmore and Breuil/Cervinia, Zermatt’s neighbouring resort, familiar to skiers. The trail finally leads back into Switzerland via the Theodul Pass and the Theodul Glacier.
- The Matterhorn from all sides
- Circuit of the Weisshorn, Dent Blanche and Matterhorn
- Wide variety of villages with different mountain cultures
- Tour through Switzerland and Italy
- Numerous operators in Switzerland and Italy feature this tour as a guided trek in their programmes
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Properties
- Refreshment options
- Route tour
- Nice views
- Geological highlights
- Botanical highlights
- Cultural highlights
- Faunistic highlights