Mountain · Zermatt (Swiss side; the summit is on the Swiss–Italian border), Valais
Matterhorn
Matterhorn · Cervin · Cervino
The Matterhorn is a 4,478 m mountain in the Pennine Alps on the border between Switzerland and Italy, above Zermatt on the Swiss side.
Why go
The Matterhorn is a mountain of the Pennine Alps on the border between Switzerland and Italy; this record is the mountain, not the Klein Matterhorn, the Matterhorn Glacier or the Matterhorn Glacier Paradise cableway. Zermatt Tourism gives its height as 4,478 m and says it was first climbed on 14 July 1865 by Edward Whymper's party of seven, four of whom fell to their deaths on the descent; the Matterhorn Museum in Zermatt shows the original snapped rope. The same page gives the mountain's names in French and Italian as Cervin and Cervino. Under 'Tips for visitors', Zermatt Tourism lists the Rothorn, the Gornergrat and the Matterhorn Glacier Paradise. XTOUR states the border and does not resolve it; Zermatt is the Swiss travel base, not the mountain's container.
Near Matterhorn
Mountain
Klein Matterhorn
The Klein Matterhorn is a 3883 m peak above Zermatt that carries the top station and viewing platform of Zermatt Bergbahnen's Matterhorn Glacier Paradise.
7 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
Canyon
Gorner Gorge
The Gorner gorge (Gornerschlucht) is a gorge of the Gornera just outside the village of Zermatt, visited on wooden walkways between its cliffs.
7 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
Museum
Matterhorn Museum
The Matterhorn Museum – Zermatlantis is a museum in the village of Zermatt on the village's history and the first ascent of the Matterhorn in 1865.
8 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
Mountain
Gornergrat
The Gornergrat is a mountain above Zermatt reached by the Gornergrat cog railway, with views of the Matterhorn, the Dufourspitze and the Gorner Glacier.
10 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ