Date: Wednesday 6th August 2014
Route: Matterhorn Glacier Trail - Trockener Steg to Schwarzsee
Distance: 3.8 miles
Walk of the week, without a doubt!
After taking a cable car up to the highest station in the Alps - the aptly if somewhat grandly named Matterhorn Glacier Paradise - we came back down from the very snowy (and highly ski-ed) mountain to the cable car station at Trockener Steg to start the Matterhorn Glacier Trail, which again was highly recommended.
The walk starts beside a lake and heads towards the Matterhorn, with a glacier alongside the path on the left (a glacier!) and stunning views across multiple peaks to the right. The whole first section of the walk feels like an alien landscape, with frequent cairns adding a Himalayan flavour. Unlike trekking in the Himalayas, however, the path gets very close to the base of the mountain, before heading back over the hillside and into more grassy countryside on the way to Schwarzsee.
A beautiful, other-wordly walk through breath-taking scenery, with unparalleled views in every direction.
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