Hiking trails around Zermatt

Zermatt is car-free: private cars may go as far as Täsch, where a shuttle train covers the last stretch in 12 minutes. Around the village, trails run through larch forest and across alpine meadows up to the glaciers, often with the Matterhorn in view. The mountain railways put high ground within easy reach: the Gornergrat Bahn climbs to just over 3,000 m in 33 minutes, looking out over Monte Rosa, the Gorner Glacier and the Matterhorn. Many routes in our data therefore run from one station to another, such as the Five Lakes Walk between Sunnegga and Blauherd. For a full-day loop from the village, there is the Edelweissweg.