The Best Hiking Trails in The Mischabel Range

A gentle walk up from the village just north of Zermatt; Täsch. The walk meanders a little, with nothing too steep, through the forest to the right of the train line as it heads up to Zermatt, and pops out onto the local sheep and goat pasture land affording the first views of Zermatt....

The start of the walk you will probably be sharing with a few farm vehicles and downhill bikers but for that the route is easy underfoot and a lovely way to spend a relaxed day without too much routefinding....

A walk that takes in lakes, restaurants and valleys. Plan in enough stops so you can take in Leisee, and Grünsee on the other side of the valley, and slightly to the right....

If you can afford to stay in the hut, then you may well be able to afford the taxi from Täsch to Täschalp, to the summer hamlet of Ottafe at 2190m....

The Weisshorn is one of the truly great mountains of the Alps and dominates the area. Whilst similar in height to the Dom and Tächshhorn, on the other side of the valley, it lies in isolation with nothing as big in its’ immediate vicinity....

The Dom is the peak with the greatest vertical interval from valley floor to summit of any of the standard routes on a 4000m peak in the Alps. It isn’t just the summit day that is big- this hut approach is not for the faint hearted, with over 1500m of ascent....