TRAVEL Visiting Zermatt and the Mighty Matterhorn By Diane Bair and Pamela Wright Globe Correspondent, Updated March 16, 2023, 1:07 p.m.

Snow fun abounds in scenic Zermatt. (Photo by Ben Davidson) One highlight of our Zermatt skiing experience was the Klein Matterhorn, which is reached by a series of cable cars.

Everything you need to know for an adventure-filled trip to Zermatt, Switzerland, including the best hotels, restaurants, and things to do.

On my two previous trips to Switzerland’s tiny-but-touristy Zermatt, I failed to catch a glimpse of the glorious Matterhorn mountain that draws so many to the burg at its base for a peek at the ...

Incidentally, the Gornergrat mountain station a little lower at 10,134 feet is also accessible by foot traffic via an open cog train from Zermatt that crisscrosses the slopes, creating skier tunnels.

A new cable car that allows visitors without skis to cross between Switzerland and Italy near the Matterhorn, one of the most famous Alpine peaks, went into service on Saturday. The operator ...

At the time it was funny, the ultimate improbable approach. Well, it’s not funny anymore, but I expect it will be fun. We get up at 4:30 and intend to be out the Hoernli Hut door by 5:00. Today ...

January 23, 2019 You Can Now See the Swiss Alps from a $60 Million Crystal-Encrusted Gondola Take in the Matterhorn through a glass floor up to 12,740 feet in the air.

G leich nachdem er im vergangenen Jahr von seiner ersten Matterhorn-Exkursion auf oder mit zwei Rädern in den Taunus zurückgekehrt war, hatte er sich neue Ziele gesetzt. Als er im Vorjahr an der ...