Zermatt - mountain railroads

It takes 45 minutes to climb 10km/6mi to the summit of the Gornergrat by the Gornergratbahn, the highest mountain-railroad in Europe running over open country.

A cableway from the upper station (restaurant) crosses the Hohtälligrat (3,286 m/10,785ft; restaurant) to the Stockhorn (3,532 m/11,592ft; upper station 3,407 m/11,182ft).

There are also cableways from Zermatt-Winkelmatten via Furri (or Furi; 1,886 m/6,190ft; restaurant; to the south at 1,955 m/6,416ft is a glacier garden) to the Schwarzsee (black lake; restaurant) and via Furri and Furgg (2,431 m/7,979ft) to the Trochenen Steg (2,939 m/9,646ft: large restaurant) at the upper Theodul Glacier. From the Trochenen Steg a ski-lift (open also in summer) goes up to the Furgg saddle (3,365 m/11,044ft) on the Italian border. Another ski-lift runs via Gandegg to the Theodul Pass (3,317 m/ 10,886ft) from where there is a further lift to the Testa Grigia (3,480 m/ 11,421ft).

A funicular in a tunnel runs from the center of Zermatt to the Sunnegga sun-terrace (2,289 m/7,512ft; with restaurant) from where a cableway goes via Blauherd (2,580 m/8,468ft) to the Unterrothorn (3,103 m/10,184ft). From Blauherd, yet another cableway runs to Gant (2,180 m/6,155ft); ski-lift to the skiing-ground (2,814 m/9,236ft). You can also go down from Sunnegga by a winter chairlift to Findeln (2,164 m/ 7,102ft).