Round-Trip Train Tickets to Mount Gornergrat from Zermatt, Zermatt
Round-Trip Train Tickets to Mount Gornergrat from Zermatt, Zermatt
Duration: 2 hours
2 hours
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Nothing quite beats the romance of the cogwheel train ride from Zermatt up to Gornergrat! Expect magnificent views of the most famous peaks of the Swiss Alps.
Enjoy priority access: board the train first and get the best seats on the right side toward the Matterhorn!
Ride along a glacier up from Zermatt to Gornergrat and back on the electric cogwheel train.
Marvel at spectacular views of 29 peaks from the year-round viewing platform at Gornergrat.
At 3,089 meters above sea level, you get to see the highest Swiss mountain, the Dufourspitze.
Catch sight of the world-famous Matterhorn, that straddles the frontier between Switzerland and Italy.
Shop at Europe's highest located shopping mall and load up on some Swiss souvenirs.
Fun fact: The Gornergrat Railway was built in the 19th century; becoming the world’s first fully electrified cog railway.
Round-trip skip-the-line train ticket to Gornergrat at 3,089 m
Priority access
Food and drinks
Hotel pick-up and drop-off
Snow Fun park admission
Guide
Gornergratbahn train approaching Gornergrat station with Matterhorn in the background.
The Gornergrat (3,089 m) is one of those places that should be on every traveler's bucket list. Part of the fun is the cogwheel train ride up from Zermatt to Gornergrat. The 30-minute ride will take you from an altitude of 1,605 m to 3,089 m, up to the Gornergrat ridge. A masterpiece of 19th-century engineering, the cogwheel the Gornergrat Railway was the world’s first fully electrified cog railway. Today it is a modern, eco-friendly railway and will take you through idyllic forests, rocky ravines, gorges, and high alpine landscapes.
When you reach the Gornergrat, enjoy exceptional views of 29 four-thousand meter peaks, including the jagged toothed mountain, Matterhorn in all its glory. You'll also get to see the Monte Rosa massif, with Switzerland’s highest peak (Dufourspitze, 4,634 m), apart from the second-largest glacier in the Alps, the Gorner Glacier. A must-see at the summit station on the Gornergrat is Europe’s highest-altitude hotel: the 3100 Kulmhotel Gornergrat. Facilities include a restaurant, an astronomical observatory, and boutique shops.
Gornergrat train at Gornergrat Railway Station with Matterhorn in the Swiss Alps.
Man enjoying scenic view from train to Gornergrat, snowy mountains in background, Zermatt.
Gornergratbahn train approaching Gornergrat station with Matterhorn in the background.
Gornergrat train at Gornergrat Railway Station with Matterhorn in the Swiss Alps.
Man enjoying scenic view from train to Gornergrat, snowy mountains in background, Zermatt.
Dufourspitze Monte Rosa view from platform with snow-covered peaks and glacier.
Important Information
- Facilities: Restaurant, Astronomical Observatory, Boutique Shops.
Operating Hours
Jul to Aug
- Daily: 7am to 7:22pm
Nov to Jun & Sep to Oct
- Daily: 7am to 5:42pm
Visitors hiking towards Gornergrat viewing platform with snowy mountains in the background.
Matterhorn mountain with alpine flowers in foreground, Switzerland.
Dufourspitze Monte Rosa view from platform with snow-covered peaks and glacier.
Visitors hiking towards Gornergrat viewing platform with snowy mountains in the background.
Matterhorn mountain with alpine flowers in foreground, Switzerland.
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