Check out the posts below for some of our favorite hikes in the Swiss canton of Valais!
On a weekend trip to Zermatt we decided to do the much advertised Glacier Paradise Trail with hopes of close up views of the Matterhorn and opportunities to stand next to a glacier! Suffice to say we did all that and a little bit more as we turned this trail…
If you’ve been in Zermatt for a few days and have had your fill of the Matterhorn, then a hike across a huge Alpine suspension bridge might provide you with a different kind of excitement. We certainly enjoyed it. Time: 4 h Distance: ~ 8 km Altitude: ~ 850 m ↑ 850m ↓…
For those of you who’ve spent some time in Zermatt and are looking for alternative hikes in the area then this hike might be one for you! It takes you up through the recently deglaciated Gornera valley floor where you can witness the Gornera river starting to carve out the valley. On the now…
Zermatt – home of the Toblerone Mountain, aka the Matterhorn. For some, a trip to Switzerland is unfinished without a visit to Zermatt, where on a good day the Matterhorn dominates the skyline. We’ve hiked around here a couple of times now and would like to share some of our favorite hikes in…
From impossibly hard hikes to casual strolls, we’ve found all sorts of hiking options in Zermatt over the years. This particular one falls towards the easy end of the scale and also has views of that most famous of Swiss mountains – the Matterhorn. Time: 1 h Distance: ~ 3…
On the first day of a weekend trip to Zermatt we were up early and excited to get out and about. Our plan was to head up to Gornergrat with the train and from there walk up to a not-so-distant 3000-meter peak: Hohtälli! All this whilst having views of one…
Valais is one of Switzerland’s most popular destinations, stretching from its vineyard-filled main valley all the way up to the 4000m+ mountains surrounding Zermatt and Saas Fee. There are so many large mountains, in fact, that the average altitude in Valais is over 2000m. Conquering the highest peaks isn’t really…
This one's a very varied autumn hike, starting from Visp and heading up the Baltschiedertal to have a look at some of the bisses of Valais. For the couple of days beforehand, we’d been high in the Alps in Valais, with the ground covered in snow every morning and a…
A perfect summer hike deep in the Alps with a gorgeous lake to top it all off. We did this a few years ago in the height of the summer on a day where the weather was sunny but very moody! It’s hard to explain why this is one of…
