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Zermatt for Trail Runners: Cable Cars to 3,883m and the Trails That Use Them
Zermatt sits at 1,620m in the Mattertal with the Matterhorn at 4,478m above it and cable cars climbing to 3,883m. The village is car-free, the trail network covers 400-plus kilometres, and the Matterhorn Ultraks skyrunning race fills the high terrain every July. What that actually means for a trail runner planning a trip.
By ZealZag TeamPatrouille des Glaciers: The Military Ski Race That Became Skimo's Oldest Living Tradition
In 1943 the Swiss Armed Forces organized a ski race across high-Alpine glaciers to assess soldier readiness for mountain warfare. More than 80 years later the Patrouille des Glaciers runs biennially over the same terrain, still organized by the military, still requiring a team of three on a rope. It has become one of the largest ski mountaineering events in the world by participant count — and one of the few that exists entirely outside the competitive racing circuit.
By ZealZag Team