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Winter hiking in Zermatt

Six routes round the car-free village and from the Gornergrat railway and the Sunnegga lifts, between 1,600 and 2,800 m, below the Matterhorn. Each is on the official list of Swiss winter hiking trails, with a map and a free GPX.

Before you go: is it open today?

Winter paths open, close and are prepared from day to day, and lifts and mountain railways keep their own winter timetables. This page cannot say what is open today.

Open paths and runs on the Zermatt panorama map (Zermatt Tourismus; no list by trail)

Each route below also links to its page at SwitzerlandMobility. Daylight in mid-January: about 08:07 to 17:08 (9 h 01) on a flat horizon; mountains shorten it in the valleys.

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  1. 835

    Rundweg Zermatt

    A loop from Zermatt, by Blatten, Moos, Findelbachbrücke, AHV-Weg

    Distance
    6.5 km
    Walking time
    2 h 25
    Up / down
    275 / 275 m
    Height
    1,603–1,762 m
    Difficulty
    MediumLoop

    GPX Route page (SwitzerlandMobility) Directions to the start

  2. 832

    Zermatt-Furi-Weg

    From Zermatt to Zermatt, Furi

    Distance
    4.9 km
    Walking time
    2 h 001 h 40 the other way
    Up / down
    365 / 115 m
    Height
    1,614–1,944 m
    Difficulty
    MediumOne way

    GPX Route page (SwitzerlandMobility) Directions to the start

  3. 830

    Zermatt-Sunnegga-Weg

    From Zermatt to Zermatt, Sunnegga

    Distance
    7 km
    Walking time
    3 h 152 h 25 the other way
    Up / down
    680 / 45 m
    Height
    1,603–2,244 m
    Difficulty
    DemandingOne way

    GPX Route page (SwitzerlandMobility) Directions to the start

  4. 834

    Riffelalp-Winkelmatten-Weg

    From Zermatt, Riffelalp to Zermatt, Winkelmatten

    Distance
    4.6 km
    Walking time
    1 h 402 h 25 the other way
    Up / down
    35 / 575 m
    Height
    1,673–2,222 m
    Difficulty
    DemandingOne way

    GPX Route page (SwitzerlandMobility) Directions to the start

  5. 831

    Rotenboden-Riffelberg-Weg

    From Zermatt, Rotenboden to Zermatt, Riffelberg

    Distance
    2.3 km
    Walking time
    50 min1 h 10 the other way
    Up / down
    20 / 255 m
    Height
    2,576–2,816 m
    Difficulty
    MediumOne way

    GPX Route page (SwitzerlandMobility) Directions to the start

  6. 833

    Blauherd-Fluhalp-Weg

    From Zermatt, Blauherd to Zermatt, Fluhalp and back

    Distance
    4.5 km
    Walking time
    1 h 35
    Up / down
    175 / 175 m
    Height
    2,530–2,620 m
    Difficulty
    EasyThere and back

    GPX Route page (SwitzerlandMobility) Directions to the start

About these routes

Routes, figures and difficulty come from the official list of Swiss winter hiking trails (Winterwanderwege) kept by the Federal Roads Office FEDRO with SwitzerlandMobility, the cantons and the Swiss Hiking Trail Association: SwitzerlandMobility's selection, as listed for winter 2025/26 (dataset updated 23 January 2026). Walking times are the source's, for the way the line is drawn. TrailSplits has not walked these routes; signs and conditions on site decide.

Source: FEDRO, Winter hiking trails (ch.astra.winterwanderwege), open use with the source named (opendata.swiss terms). Read 10 October 2026.