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A brand new route to the hut, taking a beautiful but easy glacial mountain journey
Zermatt's Mighty 4000 Metre Mountains
Climb some of the most iconic mountains on Earth including the most famous of them all - the Matterhorn.
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Monte Rosa Hut looking back to Rotenboden Personal Collection
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Monte Rosa Hut, view from the Terrace Personal Collection
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Dufourspitze showing the final rocky ridge.
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Dufourspize, final summit ridge
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Dufourspitze. Final ridge to the summit
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Matterhorn, Hörnli Ridge centre R
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Matterhorn, Hörnli ridge between sun and shade
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Matterhorn, in very dry conditions at dawn
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Obergabelhorn, 4063m, from Zinalrothorn
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Obergabelhorn from the SW
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Zinalrothorn through the clouds
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Red rock on the Zinalrothorn
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View at dawn from Zinalrothorn summit
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Ascent to the Hörnli hut (3,260 m) Kurt Müller
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Hörnli Hut ¦ Base Camp Matterhorn - Reopening summer 2015 Leander Wenger
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The path leads over metal walkways Fabienne Fux-Schaller
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View from the hut over the surrounding mountains and the village Fabienne Fux-Schaller
Description
Zermatt is home to a dense collection of 4000 metre peaks and this is your guide to climbing 4 of the best. No guidebook to Zermatt's mightiest mountains would be complete without the Matterhorn, and that is in here alongside 3 other beautiful, high mountains.
The Dufourspitze is the highest mountain in the Alps outside the Mont Blanc region and the Zinal Rothorn and Obergabelhorn are amongst the most celebrated summits in Europe. All 3 are described here in detail.
If you've done a few easier peaks such as those in our Mont Blanc, Gran Paradiso and Saas Fee guidebooks, these 4 mountains represent a good step up into tougher and more committing ascents.
Adventures
A huge day to the second highest peak in Europe.
The least difficult route up the most famous mountain in the Alps, if not the world.
A beautifully shaped mountain, unusual in having its least difficult route via another summit.
A justifiably popular traverse of a beautiful mountain, on very good rock.
This trail leads to what is probably the key location in Zermatt, the Hörnli Hut ¦ Base Camp Matterhorn at the foot of the Matterhorn. Historically this has been the heart of all the action, and remains so today.
A steep climb to the foot of Zinalrothorn.