Cable car · Zermatt, Switzerland
Trockener Steg - Matterhorn glacier paradise
Trockener Steg - Matterhorn glacier paradise is a cable car near Zermatt, Switzerland. It climbs 881 m over 3.54 km, from 2,927 m to 3,808 m above sea level. Between its 3 pylons, the cable runs up to about 508 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
99/100 · Among the scariest
By the numbers, Trockener Steg - Matterhorn glacier paradise is scarier than 99% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 1 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 508 m, higher than the Eiffel Tower (330 m), 2.43 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 2.69 km.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 15°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 2.61 km of the 3.54 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Trockener Steg - Matterhorn glacier paradise is near Zermatt, Switzerland, at 2,927 m above sea level (45.97093° N, 7.72235° E). From there it runs 3.54 km up to the top station at 3,808 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 600 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 100 people
- Ride time
- about 8 min
Nearby lines
- Trockener Steg - Klein Matterhorn Glacier Ride gondola · 0.1 km away · rises 904 m
- Matterhorn Glacier Ride II gondola · 2.1 km away · rises 367 m
- Matterhorn Express, Zermatt, 2,436–2,928 m gondola · 2.8 km away · rises 492 m
- Furi - Trockener Steg cable car · 3.5 km away · rises 1,061 m
- Funivia del Plateau Rosa cable car · 3.5 km away · rises 626 m
- Matterhorn Express, Zermatt, 2,436–2,587 m gondola · 4.1 km away · rises 151 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.