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Zermatt (German: [tsɛʁˈmat] ⓘ, Swiss Standard German:) is a municipality in the district of Visp in the German-speaking section of the canton of Valais in Switzerland.It has a year-round population of about 5,800 and is classified as a town by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO).
Pass Roads Name Canton(s)/Country From - To Built/Opened Elevation (m) Max. gradient Type Ächerli: Obwalden/Nidwalden: Kerns OW - Dallenwil NW: 1458: 16%: road Agites: Vaud: Yvorne - La Lécherette
The name Matterhorn derives from the German words Matte ("meadow") and Horn ("horn"), [6] and is often translated as "the peak of the meadows". [2]In the Schalbetter map, printed by Sebastian Münster in 1545, the valley is labelled Mattertal, but the mountain has the Latin name Mons Silvius as well as the German name Augstalberg, in concord with the Aosta Valley (German Augstal).
Two alpinists on the Otemma Glacier on the Haute Route. The Haute Route (or the High Route or Mountaineers' Route) is the name given to a route (with several variations) undertaken on foot or by ski touring between Chamonix, France, and the Matterhorn, in Zermatt, Switzerland.
The following are the main paved road passes across the Alps. Main indicates on the main chain of the Alps, from south west to east.Passes on subsidiary ranges are listed where the ridge leaves the main chain – N/W indicates north or west of the main chain, S/E on the south or east side.
The Klein Matterhorn (sometimes translated as Little Matterhorn) is a peak of the Pennine Alps, overlooking Zermatt in the Swiss canton of Valais.At 3,883 metres (12,740 ft) above sea level, it is the highest place in Europe that can be reached by aerial tramway or gondola lift, as well as by any other means of transport.