Gondola · Zermatt, Switzerland
Matterhorn Express, Zermatt, 2,436–2,928 m
Matterhorn Express is a gondola near Zermatt, Switzerland. It climbs 492 m over 1.95 km, from 2,436 m to 2,928 m above sea level. Between its 12 pylons, the cable runs up to about 56 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
59/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Matterhorn Express is scarier than 59% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 289 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 56 m, as high as a 19-storey building, 1.69 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 328 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 27°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 80 m of the 1.95 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Matterhorn Express is near Zermatt, Switzerland, at 2,436 m above sea level (45.98749° N, 7.71061° E). From there it runs 1.95 km up to the top station at 2,928 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 2,800 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 8 people
- Ride time
- about 7 min
Nearby lines
- Furi - Trockener Steg cable car · 1.1 km away · rises 1,061 m
- Matterhorn Express, Zermatt, 2,436–2,587 m gondola · 1.3 km away · rises 151 m
- Matterhorn Express, Zermatt, 1,860–2,587 m gondola · 1.9 km away · rises 728 m
- Trockener Steg - Klein Matterhorn Glacier Ride gondola · 2.8 km away · rises 904 m
- Trockener Steg - Matterhorn glacier paradise cable car · 2.8 km away · rises 881 m
- Riffelberg-Express gondola · 2.9 km away · rises 715 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: swissALTI3D © swisstopo, 2 m. Data as of 2026-10-31.