Zermatt
All the Skiing Area in a Day (Slopes and Lifts have changed by now)
2002: My son, nearly twelve years of age, has decided to do the whole skiing area of
Zermatt in just one day. In the end, we have about twenty minutes of spare time left, i.e.
before the last gondola leaves for Klein Matterhorn. We realize that we have done exactly
40 miles and nearly 40000 feet in altitude. And we did almost everything very characteristic:
The Nationale at Rothorn, Stockhorn, Triftji, the Matterhornpiste, Weiße
Perle and the 2200 meters in altitude from Klein Matterhorn down to Zermatt. The
lengths of the slopes were measured four years later
by GPS recording. Click on the symbol to read the distances.
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Left: A foto taken by a friend when riding on the
gondola from Gant upto Hohtälli.
*
The trip covers all degrees of difficulties. So it is not made for
those
not familiar with mogul slopes. The trip was made by snowboard,
so skiers might even extend the trip, if they can. We go at a steady
speed; there is hardly any skier fast enough to overtake us - in the long run.
**
As a trip around Zermatt was
only
possible clockwise that days, the tour starts at half past eight at the
Sunnegga
station. We have a kind of lunch in one of the trains of the
Gornergratbahn
between Riffelalp and the terminus. This means 30 minutes for bread and
water (and sweets) from the backpack.
The Trip in detail
| Lift | Slope | Description |
Altimeter
|
| A | Zermatt-Sunnegga | ||
| 2b | Standard A to Patrullarve |
950 feet
|
|
| D | Patrullarve-Blauherd | ||
| 1a | Nationale to Patrullarve |
2065 feet
|
|
| D | Patrullarve-Blauherd | ||
| 4 | Tuftern to Patrullarve |
2065 feet
|
|
| D+F | Patrullarve-Blauherd-Rothorn | ||
| 26 | Schneehuhn to Kumme |
1050 feet
|
|
| F1 | Kumme-Rothorn | ||
| 22a | Kumme to Kumme |
1050 feet
|
|
| F1 | Kumme-Rothorn | ||
| 27 | Downhill to Kumme |
1050 feet
|
|
| F1 | Kumme-Rothorn | ||
| 23 | Fluhalp to Gant |
2885 feet
|
|
| H4+H2 | Gant-Hohtälli-Stockhorn | ||
| 6a+7 | Stockhorn (mogul slope) to Triftji lift |
2260 feet
|
|
| K3 | Triftji-Rote Nase | ||
| 7+7c | Triftji (mogul slope) and Grieschumme to Gant |
3345 feet
|
|
| H4 | Gant-Hohtälli | ||
| 8b+9b | White Hare and Balmbrunnen to Riffelalp |
3510 feet
|
|
| G | Gornergratbahn to Gornergrat | ||
| 9g+11a,c-e | Riffelhorn, Riffelbord, Riffelalp,... to Furi |
4100 feet
|
|
| L1 | Furi-Schwarzsee | ||
| 15 | Weiße Perle to Furi |
2360 feet
|
|
| M1+R | Furi-Trockener Steg-Furggsattel | ||
| 20b | Matterhornpiste to Furgg |
3050 feet
|
|
| P | Furgg-Garten | ||
| 17a | Garten (mogul slope) to Furgg |
1245 feet
|
|
| Q+Q1 | Furgg-Theodulgletscher | ||
| 20a | Down to Trockener Steg |
330 feet
|
|
| U | Trockener Steg-Klein Matterhorn | ||
| 33-35+39+40 | Kl. Matterhorn, Plateau Rosa, Führerpiste, Gandegg, | ||
| 18+16+16a | Standard, Furgg-Furi, Furi-Zermatt to Zermatt |
7200 feet
|
|
 38515 feet |
| The numbers of slopes and cable cars changed recently an are
valid for the season 2001/02 only. Click her for numbers valid for the
season 2004/05. |
