ツェルマットのおすすめMTBライド

A suspension bridge over a gorge is always something special. This one is 100 meters long and hangs at a height of 90 meters. I'm not afraid of heights myself, so I was glad to be alone on the rather wobbly bridge.

Unfortunately, this facility is only open for biking in midsummer (July August)

The Riffelberg Trail is a moderately difficult trail that leads from the Riffelberg station down to Furi. It is suitable for anyone who is not riding a mountain bike for the first time. The start is above the tree line and is nice and flowing. Next to the Gornergratbahn, it goes to Riffelalp and then partly down through the forest. In the lower part there are a few jumps, but these can also be avoided. When you get to Furi, you can turn right and continue down the easy Moos Trail to the village.

The large middle station on the Furi serves as a sort of distribution station for further journeys up (or into the valley). This is also where the branch line is located that takes you from the Furi up to the Riffelberg station at 2,582 metres.

The Matterhorn Express takes around ten minutes from the valley station on the edge of the village up to Furi. If you want to go further up from there, you have to change trains briefly. The onward journey to Schwarzsee takes just as long.

Herbrigg is a small hamlet above Zermatt and lies at an altitude of 1,754 metres. Some very well-preserved Walser houses on the typical mouse slabs can be seen here. There is also a funny legend about the hamlet: For years a ghost had to sneeze in one of the stables until one day a farmer's wife said "God help you". This released the ghost, whereupon it thanked her with "God bless you".

At the Glacier Garden above Zermatt, you should definitely get off your bike and walk a few steps. On the circular trail, you can discover a lot of interesting things about the Ice Age and the legacy of the Gorner Glacier; the round glacial potholes are particularly impressive.

It is one of the many highlights in Zermatt: the Furi suspension bridge over the Gorner Gorge. Built in 2011, the bridge is 100 meters long and 90 meters high in the middle of the fantastically beautiful mountains. You can use the bridge with your bike, but watch out for other people who might be coming towards you.