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Zermatt Overview Loop

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Trail stats

Distance
3.51 mi
Elevation gain
548 ft
Technical difficulty
Moderate
Elevation loss
548 ft
Max elevation
5,652 ft
TrailRank 
38
Min elevation
5,236 ft
Trail type
Loop
Moving time
one hour 47 minutes
Time
2 hours 23 minutes
Coordinates
1023
Uploaded
June 4, 2022
Recorded
June 2022
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near Zermatt, Canton du Valais (Switzerland)

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Itinerary description

Walk through town starting at the train station, visiting several sites to the Matterhorn cable car. Then connects with the Pensioners' Trail / Lower High-Altitude Trail to go back through the woods. Ends with staircase back into town. We went slow to take in the sights.

Waypoints

PictographPhoto Altitude 5,512 ft
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Photo

PictographPhoto Altitude 5,265 ft
Photo ofWalser Houses

Walser Houses

PictographPhoto Altitude 5,263 ft
Photo ofBahnhofstrasse (main street)

Bahnhofstrasse (main street)

PictographPhoto Altitude 5,250 ft
Photo ofKirche and Matterhorn Museum

Kirche and Matterhorn Museum

PictographPhoto Altitude 5,254 ft
Photo ofChurch Graveyard

Church Graveyard

PictographPhoto Altitude 5,262 ft
Photo ofMountaineers Cemetery

Mountaineers Cemetery

PictographPhoto Altitude 5,262 ft
Photo ofKirchbrücke View

Kirchbrücke View

PictographPhoto Altitude 5,316 ft
Photo ofVillage scene

Village scene

PictographPhoto Altitude 5,352 ft
Photo ofMatterhorn view

Matterhorn view

PictographPhoto Altitude 5,330 ft
Photo ofMatterhorn cable car station

Matterhorn cable car station

PictographPhoto Altitude 5,437 ft
Photo ofKapelle Winkelmatten

Kapelle Winkelmatten

PictographPhoto Altitude 5,467 ft
Photo ofPlayground

Playground

PictographPhoto Altitude 5,534 ft
Photo ofFindelbachbrücke Bridge

Findelbachbrücke Bridge

PictographIntersection Altitude 5,632 ft
Photo ofIntersection

Intersection

PictographPhoto Altitude 5,599 ft
Photo ofWoodland hiking

Woodland hiking

PictographIntersection Altitude 5,594 ft
Photo ofIntersection

Intersection

PictographPhoto Altitude 5,436 ft
Photo ofStairs back to Zematt

Stairs back to Zematt

PictographIntersection Altitude 5,358 ft
Photo ofIntersection

Intersection

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