The
skiing area of Zermatt splits
into three parts with very different characteristics. The different parts are:
The area above
Trockener Steg is dedicated to skiing in summertime as it covers the
Theodul-Glacier. And like
most of these areas it is rather boaring. If you have once taken all the pictures you can take at an altitude of 3880 m, you can
stop going there. In certain places the glacier is so flat that you are condemned to walk if you have to face head winds.
Parts: Rothorn (Sunnegga) - Gornergrat (Hohtälli, Stockhorn) - Klein Matterhorn/Schwarzsee
Source of graphics: OSM data. Lifts, slopes and helicopter flight from GPS recording.
For too long a time, between the skiing areas of
Klein Matterhorn and
Rothorn/Stockhorn
there was a connection but in one direction. Aiming towards the glacier is easily done following the downhill slopes towards Furi.
From
Klein Matterhorn towards Stockhorn you had to run down to Zermatt to catch the train to
Gornergrat or
Sunnegga.
Today the cabins from Furri to Riffelberg take you the other way round. If not for
Momatt and
Tiefbach the
slope from
Furgg to
Furi is the most interesting run of the
Matterhorn area, anyway. So
you are well advised to start at Klein Matterhorn in the very morning changing towards Riffelberg before noon.
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Sometimes Zermatt adds the length of the
italian
slopes to the total amount of slope kilometers. However, skiing the
runs
of
Breuil-Cervina costs extra
fees.
This is not only unfair - it is absolutely not necessary. Although the
Trois
Vallées offer three fold the
length
of slopes, Zermatt has qualities that compensate for many of the
missing
kilometers - some call it
flair.
The skiing area of Zermatt splits
into three parts with very different characteristics. The different parts are:
