The Gornergrat railway climbs to 3,089 metres above Zermatt. From Rotenboden a short path leads to Riffelsee, where the Matterhorn reflects on a still morning, and the Gorner glacier fills the valley below.
The Matterhorn is 4,478 metres high; the Gornergrat railway, opened in 1898, was Switzerland's first electric cog railway.
The Matterhorn reflected in Riffelsee lakeLicensePrintPanoramic view of the Gorner Glacier winding through the AlpsLicensePrintThe Matterhorn rising above chalets and construction cranes in ZermattLicenseMountain stream runs through Zermatt beside flag-lined chaletsLicenseThe Matterhorn emerging from clouds above green alpine slopesLicensePrintTrail signpost pointing toward Riffelberg and Zermatt beneath the MatterhornLicenseAerial view of a forested Alpine valley near ZermattLicenseHelicopter flying past the Riffelhaus hotel above the Zermatt valleyLicense
