Tour of the Matterhorn — Stage 7: St. Niklaus → Zermatt
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20.4 km
+638 m
−348 m
7.5 h
Nivel físico
Mapa y ruta
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Descripción
Puntos clave
Salida
St. Niklaus · 1114 m
Llegada
Zermatt · 1601 m
A valley-floor stage along the Vispa: from St. Niklaus ascend the Mattertal via Randa — the 1991 rockslide still visible — and Täsch, to the triumphant arrival in Zermatt (1,608 m), where the Matterhorn pyramid seals the valley.
A valley-floor ascent that is anything but dull: the Mattertal is Switzerland’s deepest valley, and its villages tell of centuries spent living with a difficult mountain. At Randa the trail passes the colossal 1991 rockslide, thirty million cubic metres that reshaped the valley floor; at Täsch begin the car parks of those heading for car-free Zermatt. The last kilometres follow the rushing Vispa to the old barns of Zermatt, the Matterhorn growing with every step. Train and bus let you shorten the stage at will.
Ciencias de la Tierra
Geología y paisaje
The Matterhorn is the world’s most famous textbook of Alpine geology: its pyramid is a sliver of African continental crust (Dent Blanche nappe, Arolla and Valpelline gneisses) resting on the green ophiolites of the Piedmont-Liguria ocean, visible at its base. The tour walks along this very suture: serpentinites and calcschists in the Cignana and Valcournera valleys, brown gneisses above Zermatt and Arolla.
Historia y cultura
The Visp-Zermatt railway (1891) turned a village of mountain farmers into the world capital of mountaineering; the climbers’ cemetery beside the church tells of the Matterhorn’s victims since 1865.
Fuentes de agua
Water at the stage's support points (St. Niklaus, Zermatt). On the high ground and at the passes springs are not guaranteed: fill bottles in the valley and at the huts.
Cómo llegar
Cross-border stage: on the foreign sides local public transport applies (PostAuto in Switzerland, line buses in France/Piedmont). Check seasonal timetables; in peak season several access links run by reservation only.
Aparcamiento
Galería de fotos
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Etapas contiguas
AEditado y verificado por Andrea Rama
Fuente de datos: Tour del Cervino / Tour du Cervin — itinerario internazionale · Traccia calcolata su rete sentieri OpenStreetMap (ODbL); verificare sul terreno
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