It would be difficult to find someone in Switzerland who does not know the Matterhorn – at least by name. In reality, however, many Swiss people have never seen it and these people are usually rather embarrassed when visitors rave about what is probably Switzerland’s most famous mountain.

The Matterhorn was conquered for the first time in 1865. An estimated 3,000 mountaineers try to climb the "Hore” every year.

With the Dent Blanche, the Matterhorn and the Monte Rosa massif (to which Switzerland’s highest mountain belongs, the 4634-metre-high Dufourspitze), there are several ‘four-thousanders’ in this part of the Valais Alps.

The Gornergrat, which is accessed by a mountain railway, provides a particularly beautiful view of the breathtaking mountain vista. An international high altitude research station is located on the Gornergrat.

Thanks to the «Haute Route», the classic Alpine touring route, the entire area is also an Eldorado for skitourers.