Zermatt Sports Travel Tips by Tripack

Theme: Skiing/Snowboarding

Summer skiing is possible thanks the glacier located at the Klein Matterhorn area. Go skiing the morning to have the best snow conditions.

Winter skiing has several places around Zermatt all interconnected (except Klein Matterhorn -> Sunnega, you should take the bus).

***Sunegga-Rothorn area
Easily reachable by a alpine metro. Here you get the best view for The Matterhorn.

***Gornergrat - Stockhorn area
Stockhorn & Hohtalli area is for experimented skiers and a paradise for free riders. Gornergrat area have plenty of snow boulevards and easy slopes for beginners, you could also take the famous Gornegrat train with your ski pass.

***Klein Matterhorn - Schwarzsee area
You could reach the summit of The Klein Matterhorn (3'820m) by a vertiginous cable car. Be prudent at the summit you could feel a little dizzy due to the altitude or the overnight party (for me;). Schwarzsee and Trockener steg area is nice for carving session. You could also ski to Cervinia (Italy) by the Theodulpass.

One day Swiss ski pass 2005 are CHF 66 for adult, CHF 56 for youth/senior and CHF 33 for children. But you could buy cheaper pass for a longer stay.
TIP: Special Family on Zermatt skiing area, the kids under 9 y.o. get a free ski pass.

Have a great snow/ski/surf fun there!!!


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Website: http://bergbahnen.zermatt.ch/e/bahnen/

Theme: Hiking

Nowadays, there is hardly another activity which provides more opportunities for flexible and individual holidays and leisure than hiking, trekking and glacier traversals. Thanks to its fantastic landscape, Zermatt is a hiking region in a class of its own : numerous 4000-meter mountains, imposing glaciers, deep gorges and many km of hiking trails offer the “wanderer” (easy-going or adventurous, sportingly ambitious or nature-loving) a wonderfully wide range of experience and discovery.

Equipment: Good shoes, local trail map and all the usual stuff...

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Website: http://www.zermatt.ch/e/hiking_trails/map.html or http://www.valrando.ch/
Other Contact: See Sandysmith Swiss pages ;-)

Theme: Climbing

Valais is a superb playground for the alpinism. On a total of 82 tops exceeding the altitude of 4' 000m on the whole of the Alps, more the half (41 summits) are in Valais!

Equipment: Crampons, climbing harness and helmet (technical equipment can be rented in any sports shop) climbing boots with a profile rubber sole suitable for use with crampons,
rucksack with a capacity of approx. 30 lt., warm weather-proof clothes, gloves, hat, headlamp, sunglasses, sun cream, a small amount of high-energy food (glucose, dried fruit, chocolate) and a thermos flask (tea is available at the hut) or other suitable flask with a capacity of 1 litre.

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Website: http://www2.zermatt.ch/alpincenter/

Theme: Other

For ice lover...

Why not to discover the curling, the ice hockey, ice-skating.

Where: Sportarena Obere Matten

When:
Summer (Apr - Sep): 08.00 - 21 00
Winter (Oct - Mar): 10.00 - 19.30

Congratulation to our 2005 Figure Skating World Champion: Stéphane Lambiel


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Website: http://www.zermatt.ch/curling

Theme: Extreme Sports

This alpine challenge is hold each two years, the next The Patrol of the Glaciers (the 12nd) will be the 27-30 April 2006.

The Patrol of the Glaciers is an exceptional race during which it is a question, in a stage, of rejoining Zermatt to Verbier. This single test is characterized by its length, its raised average altitude and the profile of its route. To want to take part in it requires not only a real experiment of the high mountain as well as the control of the extreme conditions which one can face there, but also a specific and meticulous preparation moral and physical. The competitor is committed satisfying the following criteria of competence: to regularly practise excursions and races in mountain being very good skier knowledge to ski "encordé", to be well involved to be able under normal conditions to carry out the sections: Zermatt-Schöbiel in 3h15 Zermatt-Arolla in 7h15 Arolla-Riedmatten in 2h Arolla-Verbier in 8h30 This test disputes by civil or military patrols of three competitors. It is opened with male, female or mixed teams.


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Website: www.pdg.ch

Theme: Golfing

Recently open in summer 2004, this parkland alpine golf of 9 holes (Par 36, 2.9 km long) has been designed by the golf specialist architect John Chilver-Stainer on a 21 hectares playground in respect with the nature.

Its location is between Randa and Tasch at 1’400m along the both side of the local river Vispa. Driving range, putting green, restaurant, changing rooms and showers are available on site.


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Directions: Tasch - Randa
Website: http://www.golfclubmatterhorn.ch/