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Zermatt area Rock Climbing

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Areas in Zermatt area

Breithorn 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 2

Dent Blanche 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

Eschelbalmen 0 / 5 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5

Matterhorn 2 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 2

Riffelhorn 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 3

Weisshorn 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 1

Zermatt boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

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Elevation:	5,278 ft	1,609 m
GPS:	46.02212, 7.74925 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Description

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

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).

14 Total Climbs

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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