The Matterhorn, at 4,478 m, is one of the highest and at the same time the most famous mountain in the Alps. Its almost free-standing, pyramidal shape on the border between Swiss Zermatt and Italian Breuil-Cervinia is regarded as one of the most photographed mountain motifs in the world. The first ascent in 1865 by Edward Whymper's party ended tragically on the descent and made the mountain world-famous.<\/p>\n
| Elevation<\/td>\n | 4,478 m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Mountain range<\/td>\n | Valais Alps<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| First ascent<\/td>\n | 1865 (Edward Whymper)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Starting point<\/td>\n | Zermatt (1,620 m), car-free<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Base<\/td>\n | H\u00f6rnli hut (3,260 m)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\nPractical info<\/h2>\nGetting there:<\/strong> By train to Zermatt (car-free, arrival via the Matterhorn-Gotthard Railway from Visp\/T\u00e4sch); parking garages in T\u00e4sch.<\/p>\n Best time:<\/strong> Views and hiking June to October; skiing year-round on the glacier; ascent July to September.<\/p>\n Cost:<\/strong> Village and views free; mountain railways (Gornergrat, Klein Matterhorn) payable (please verify).<\/p>\n Safety:<\/strong> The ascent is a serious high tour with rockfall and weather hazards, only with alpine experience or a mountain guide. For the enjoyment, the railways and viewpoints are enough.<\/p>\n Tips:<\/strong><\/p>\n The Matterhorn above Zermatt is perhaps the most famous mountain in the world, a rock pyramid that seems almost perfect, jutting lonely and sharp-edged into the sky. It owes its striking form to a geological peculiarity: the summit consists of rock from the African continental plate, which was pushed over European rock during the collision of the continents, so that the tip of the mountain is, as it were, a piece of Africa enthroned above Europe, a textbook example of the nappe structure of the Alps.<\/p>\n Inseparably bound up with the Matterhorn is the dramatic first ascent: on 14 July 1865 the Englishman Edward Whymper, after eight failed attempts, reached the summit first, but on the descent a rope broke, and four of his companions plunged to their deaths, among them the Chamonix guide Michel Croz, a tragedy that shook all of Europe and even moved Queen Victoria to words of mourning. Whymper survived as the only one of the British participants and later wrote his famous book \u201cScrambles Among the Alps\u201d. Out of that fateful summer Zermatt emerged as the cradle of modern mountaineering, and the mountain became the immortal symbol of human daring and Alpine beauty. To this day mountaineers move in a long line over the H\u00f6rnli ridge to the summit, while the unmistakable pyramid is regarded worldwide as the symbol of the Swiss Alps.<\/p>\n To make your trip run smoothly , our guides and gear tips for this destination:<\/p>\n Das Matterhorn ist mit 4.478 m einer der h\u00f6chsten und zugleich der ber\u00fchmteste Berg der Alpen. Seine fast freistehende, pyramidenf\u00f6rmige Gestalt an der Grenze zwischen dem schweizerischen Zermatt und dem italienischen Breuil-Cervinia gilt als eines der meistfotografierten Bergmotive der Welt. Die Erstbesteigung 1865 durch Edward Whympers Seilschaft endete im Abstieg tragisch und machte den Berg […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":954,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","citadela-item-category":[40,31],"citadela-item-location":[64],"class_list":["post-926","citadela-item","type-citadela-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","citadela-item-category-gipfel-berge","citadela-item-category-klettern-bergsteigen","citadela-item-location-wallis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item\/926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/citadela-item"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=926"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item\/926\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1541,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item\/926\/revisions\/1541"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"citadela-item-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item-category?post=926"},{"taxonomy":"citadela-item-location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item-location?post=926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}} |