In the old part of the village, right next to the Unique Hotel Post, there are around 30 ancient buildings that bear witness to the traditional building culture of the Walsers. The barns and granaries, some up to 500 years old, breathe history and show how the mountain farmers of Zermatt used to live. If you are interested in the former way of life of the People of Zermatt, visit the Matterhorn Museum - Zermatlantis.

Directions

Bahnhofplatz - Sportplatz Obere Matten - Brücke Zum Steg - Hinterdorf - Kirchplatz - Kirchbrücke - Kirchplatz - Beim Grampi's die Strasse hoch - Englisches Viertel - Bodmenstrasse - Bahnhofplatz

Play of light in the mountain sky

If you take the time early in the morning to see the sunrise on the Matterhorn, you will witness a unique light spectacle. Because the Matterhorn is illuminated from the top by the first rays of sunshine, which slowly climb down the Matterhorn east face with the awakening day.

• Promenade Bahnhofstrasse
• Photo point: Church square (church stairs, old wooden houses with the Matterhorn in the background)
• Foto-Point Kirchbrücke: Matterhorn alone and mighty on the horizon
• old part of the village
• English Church
• Mountaineering cemetery
• Mountain guide monument
• Matterhorn Museum - Zermatlantis

From Furi a road leads down to Zermatt. If you want to move a little in the shady world of larches, you may see something completely surprising.

From Zermatt it goes on a leisurely hiking trail up to Zmutt, where time seems to stand still.

Ascent

330 m

Descent

2 m

Lowest point

1614 m

Highest point

1931 m

From Furi it goes first through the hamlet, then up into the pioneer landscape with larches. Above a small stream there is a wooden walkway. This is followed by shrubs, a small moor area, rocks and rock debris.

Stepping grids lead on the 100 m long steel cable suspension bridge from one side of the valley to the other. The crossing is safe. But it takes some courage and a pinch of vertigo. Those who have made the bridge suddenly find themselves in an idyllic mountain forest, with larches, Swiss stone pines, squirrels.

In the Dossen Glacier Garden you can see what the glacier usually hides on its underside: sanded rock slabs, glacier pots, bizarre rock shapes.

Further information on the "Furi World of Experience" is also available online

Glacier garden Dossen with glacier pots and information boards

Suitable for children from 4 years

Playground and barbecue areas nearby

Suspension bridge closed in winter

This leisurely hike through the larch and pine forest area of Zermatt is an experience for the eyes, ears and nose.

Start at the station Riffelalp (Gornergratbahn).

1h30

Ascent

26 m

Descent

562 m

Lowest point

1664 m

Highest point

2226 m

The area of the "Vorderi Forests" is a wildlife sanctuary where numerous deer live. The Arve, the "Queen of the Alps", is as much a part of Zermatt's landscape as the Matterhorn and the glaciers. Wood, resin and needles of Swiss stone pine contain the volatile active ingredient pinosylvin. Its smell promotes well-being in humans. If the Swiss stone pine forest is under strong sunlight, the fragrance of this substance spoils the nose.

But the eye is also spoiled: in the Swiss stone pine and larch forest, different shades of green shine. The ground is copper-colored because the tree needles cover the trail. And it surprises the waterfall, which plunges into the Findelbach in a bend along the way.

Swiss stone pine is also called Swiss stone pine or Swiss stone pine

Swiss stone pines can be up to 1,000 years old and 25 m high

Swiss stone pines have tufts of needles with five needles

On the Riffelalp: europe's highest tram in summer

The path leads from the Riffelberg, where the tree line also passes, into the rocky landscape on the former edge of the Gorner Glacier. But first you can enjoy the view of the Matterhorn. Then it goes down into the massive world of glacier forces. In the Dossen Glacier Garden you can see what the glacier hides on its underside: sanded rock slabs, glacier pots, bizarre rock shapes.

Further information on the "Furi World of Experience" is also available online

July and August: Edelweiss

In the Dossen Glacier Garden: information boards

Variant from Furi: through the Gorner Gorge to Zermatt (chargeable)

at the Glacier Garden Dossen picnic areas, fire pits and children's playground nearby

Gnarled Swiss stone pines stand along the way, larches rustle in the wind. This path first follows the tree line. Later, he immerses himself in a fascinating pioneer landscape. Since the retreat of the Findel Glacier more than 100 years ago, new vegetation species have been fighting to become native here.

View of many four-thousanders, including the Matterhorn

Suitable for children from 6 years

Quiet ones recommended for families: beach, play raft on the lake, playground, barbecue areas

Description

The AHV path is by far not only intended for older people. It leads from the chapel Winkelmatten a little upwards, to the track of the Gornergrat Railway. If you have never looked at the metal teeth of a rack railway up close, you will get the opportunity here. After that, it continues relatively flat. For example, with a metallophone. On the left, the hotels and houses of Zermatt, which sometimes also provide a little insight. Finally, the path plunges completely into the forest, where the pleasant blanket of security is placed over the hiker. Zermatt's young people have designed an adventure trail here. If you look around this forest carefully, you will come to unexpected experiences.

Suitable for children from 4 years

For strollers with large wheels possible

Trail

Beautiful larch stands

Stairs or path lead back to the village