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Elevation: 5,278 ft 1,609 m
GPS: 46.02212, 7.74925
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Home to the most famous Swiss (and likely in the world) mountain, the Matterhorn, Zermatt sits at the southern end of the Mattertal (Mattervalley). Zermatt contains many high-end ski resorts, but is loved and used by climbers, mountaineers, bikers, skiers, hikers, via-ferraters, paragliders, and just plain tourists.

All sorts of climbing are possible around Zermatt:
-mountaineering on the Matterhorn, Breithorn, or any of the other peaks and ridges in the area
-multipitch climbing
-single-pitch cragging
-bouldering
-ice climbing
-via ferrata

Getting There Suggest change

By train, take a train to Zermatt station. Hard to mess up - follow the tourists.

By car, drive to Taesch, then transfer to a train up to Zermatt (no cars are allowed in Zermatt - with a few exceptions for locals. But if you were a local, you wouldn't be reading this).

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Classic Climbing Routes at Zermatt area

Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.
Easy Snow
 12
● South Face
Snow, Alpine
Breithorn
5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c Mod. Snow
 7
● Half Traverse
Trad, Snow, Alpine 3 pitches
Breithorn
5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c V2- 5+ PG13
 54
● Hörnligrat Route
Trad, Boulder, Alpine
Matterhorn
5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
 7
● Egg
Sport, Alpine 6 pitches
Riffelhorn
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b Easy Snow
 5
● Cresta del Leone (The Lion's Rid…
Trad, Snow, Alpine
Matterhorn
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
 6
● Thermometeregg
Sport, Alpine 8 pitches
Riffelhorn
Route Name Location Star Rating Difficulty Date
● South Face Breithorn
 12
Easy Snow Snow, Alpine
● Half Traverse Breithorn
 7
5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c Mod. Snow Trad, Snow, Alpine 3 pitches
● Hörnligrat Route Matterhorn
 54
5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c V2- 5+ PG13 Trad, Boulder, Alpine
● Egg Riffelhorn
 7
5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a Sport, Alpine 6 pitches
● Cresta del Leone (The Lion'… Matterhorn
 5
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b Easy Snow Trad, Snow, Alpine
● Thermometeregg Riffelhorn
 6
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Sport, Alpine 8 pitches
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A sick and rare phenomenon called brocken spectre, where a magnified shadow appears in the clouds opposite the sun. Lucky here to have it on the summit of the Matterhorn.
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