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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

Type
Long distance hiking trail
Difficulty
Hard
Duration
2 d 12 h
Distance
147.3 km
Ascent
10353 m
Descent
10143 m
Lowest point
1403 m
Highest point
3316 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

Type
Long distance hiking trail
Difficulty
Hard
Duration
2 d 12 h
Distance
147.3 km
Ascent
10353 m
Descent
10143 m
Lowest point
1403 m
Highest point
3316 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

Best season

Jan
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Dec

Route

Start point
Randa (1,439 m)
End point
Zermatt (1,620 m)

Rating

Condition
Technique
Experience
Landscape

Map

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Properties

  • Refreshment options
  • Route tour
  • Nice views
  • Geological highlights
  • Botanical highlights
  • Cultural highlights
  • Faunistic highlights

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