During our weekend in Zermatt we decided to go up the Gronergrat (Groner Ridge) which is just below 31oom. The Gronergrat railway goes all the way to the top and what a journey it is, wynding and twisting all the way up! Here again is the Matterhorn, we really had a wonderful view of it!
You can see from the top 29 peaks over 4000m quite unbelieveable! This is the Monte Rosa Massif and it has the tallest mountain in Switerland Dufourspitze at 4,634m. It is the second tallest in the Europe after Mon Blanc. Also you can see the Groner glacier at 14km in length, it is the second largest glacier in the Alps.
Once we had some refreshment we decided to walk down to Riffelberg station which is at 2582m. This is the view we had while walking down, it is not that easy walking downwards and our muscles were quite sore the next day.
This is Lake Riffel at 2757m it is said that you can see the reflection of the Matterhorn in the lake but sadly clouds had started to appear, so we could not see it.
Many people were out walking up and down, also we saw some mountain bikers, not for the faint hearted!
We see the end of our walk downwards the station Riffelberg, where we enjoyed food and drinks. We had a longish rest for our poor legs and got the train back to Zermatt.
It was a wonderful day, all those mountains surrounding us was very impressive, it really felt amazing to be so high up. If you want to go higher then the Klein Matterhorn is for you at 3820m.
You can see from the top 29 peaks over 4000m quite unbelieveable! This is the Monte Rosa Massif and it has the tallest mountain in Switerland Dufourspitze at 4,634m. It is the second tallest in the Europe after Mon Blanc. Also you can see the Groner glacier at 14km in length, it is the second largest glacier in the Alps.
Once we had some refreshment we decided to walk down to Riffelberg station which is at 2582m. This is the view we had while walking down, it is not that easy walking downwards and our muscles were quite sore the next day.
This is Lake Riffel at 2757m it is said that you can see the reflection of the Matterhorn in the lake but sadly clouds had started to appear, so we could not see it.
Many people were out walking up and down, also we saw some mountain bikers, not for the faint hearted!
We see the end of our walk downwards the station Riffelberg, where we enjoyed food and drinks. We had a longish rest for our poor legs and got the train back to Zermatt.
It was a wonderful day, all those mountains surrounding us was very impressive, it really felt amazing to be so high up. If you want to go higher then the Klein Matterhorn is for you at 3820m.
I so badly wanted to hike during our holiday in Switzerland. The weather was so bad, it was just not possible!! Hopefully, I will be able to return some day. Your pictures are amazing!!
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