Tour
Breithorn mountain tour from Zermatt Guided: Private or group
5.0(10)
Validity: All day
FromCHF 225
Go with a mountain guide on a challenging hike on Plateau Rosa over the glacier to Trockener Steg. The glacier hike is done roped up and safely guided.
Plateau Rosa demanding glacier hike from Zermatt
Activity provider: ZermattersGo with a mountain guide on a challenging hike on Plateau Rosa over the glacier to Trockener Steg. The glacier hike is done roped up and safely guided.
Validity
All day
Mobile ticket accepted
Use your phone or print out the voucher
Meeting point
Matterhorn Express valley station, 3920 Zermatt
Free cancellation
Full refund in case of cancellation up to 0h before start
Languages
German, English, French
From CHF 180
From CHF 180
- Includes
- Highlights
- Description
- Swiss Activities Tip
- Material list
- Important Information
- Meeting Points
Includes
7 hour hike across the glacier
Mountain guide
Mountain railway ticket Zermatt - Testa Grigia (Plateau Rosa) one way
Mountain railway ticket Trockener Steg - Zermatt one way
Material (crampons, harness, pole) (approx. 10 CHF)
Drinks and catering
Highlights
- Take the cable cars together with the mountain guide to the cable car station Testa Grigia (Plateau Rosa)
- Pick up your equipment in the SnowXperience store in the mountain station
- Get guidance from a professional local mountain guide
- Walk safely with crampons and roped up with the mountain guide over the Theodul glacier on the Plateau Rosa
Description
You go from the valley station Matterhorn Express together with the mountain guide to the train station Plateau Rosa in Testa Grigia. In the SnowXperience store at the top station Plateau Rosa you get your equipment for a fee. Afterwards you start your glacier tour over the Plateau Rosa to the Trockene Steg. Pure hiking time: approx. 5 hours.
On this glacier hike you will overcome about 700 meters of altitude difference in the descent and 200 meters of altitude difference in the ascent.
Requirements:
- T4 - alpine hiking: "Trail not necessarily available. In certain places you need your hands to move forward. Terrain already quite exposed, tricky grassy slopes, scree, easy firn fields and apere glacier passages." (Source: SAC Hiking Scale)
Swiss Activities Tip
The Plateau Rosa glacier field is located at 3480 meters above sea level and is part of the Theodul glacier. The Plateau Rosa train station is located in Testa Grigia on the border with Italy. You reach it via three stages.
- 1st stage: 8-seater gondola Matterhorn-Express (in several sections) to Trockener Steg
- 2nd stage: 3S cable car Matterhorn Glacier Ride to Klein Matterhorn.
- 3rd stage: 3S cable car to Testa Grigia (Plateau Rosa). This ultra-modern train will take you over the Theodul Glacier. It was inaugurated on July 1, 2023.
The ride takes about 50 minutes in total.
Material list
- Good walking shoes
- Small backpack, max. 20 liters
- Comfortable hiking clothes, warm or waterproof depending on the weather
- Water and windproof jacket
- Cap and sun hat, possibly cap
- Sunglasses and sunscreen
- Little, but energy-rich food
- Drinking bottle
- Crampons, harness, pole (will be provided for a fee)
Important Information
- Please contact the tour provider 2-3 days in advance to discuss the final details. You will receive the contact details with the booking confirmation.
Meeting Points
Matterhorn Express valley station, 3920 Zermatt
