Switzerland · Europe · northern hemisphere
Zermatt is at its best for skiing in January to March. Good but not prime in April and December. Crowds peak in January and bottom out in May.
| J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skiing | 90 | 90 | 90 | 68 | 20 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 42 | 66 |
| Hiking | 8 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 65 | 90 | 90 | 69 | 22 | 7 | 8 |
| Crowds |
Swipe the table sideways for the rest of the year.
Car-free, and the glacier runs 365 days a year — one of the few places on earth you can ski in July
Day walks with lift access, high but not technical. No guide needed on the marked trails.
Driving in. There is no road into Zermatt — you park at Täsch and take the shuttle train, every twenty minutes and twelve minutes long.
Christmas and New Year, January, the February half-terms and Easter
Minimal, and car-free helps a great deal. Altitude on the higher lifts is worth pacing.
Zermatt is expensive and knows it. Täsch, where you leave the car anyway, is a fraction of the price and twelve minutes away by train — you give up ski-in convenience and keep the same mountain.
Around 400 km of marked path above the village, and the mountain railways do the climbing for you.
0 is this destination’s own quietest month and 100 its busiest. The scale never compares one destination to another. Source: Wikipedia — Zermatt