Description Zermatt, Switzerland

This mountain resort, attracting tourists and climbers in the summer, no less than in winter skiers, is particularly famous for its peak - the peak of the Matterhorn. His image is known worldwide as a symbol of mountain beauty. Legends shrouded its inaccessibility and the numerous tragic attempts to conquer the heights. Zermatt has become one of the first resorts, which prohibited the movement of road transport. Skiers to the area is known for its great possibilities of skiing, long, change the direction of slopes on the glaciers, downs, ravines and wide snow fields, usually ending in large forest tracts.

The resort is situated at an altitude of 1620 m in the upper valleys of Visp, surrounded by 36-and chetyrehtysyachnyh of the Main Alpine Ridge. Highlands, the presence of steep slopes and glaciers, and determines the unique structure skating. There are three major skiing areas, virtually unrelated tracks. Bottom of the resort to them are different types of lifts: rail - in the tunnel Sunnegu (2290 m) and mountain tram to the Gornergrat (3100 m), as well as large overhead cab to Rothornu (3103 m), Shtokhornu (3405 m), Schwarzsee (2583 m) and Klein Matterhorn.