{"id":507,"date":"2009-10-02T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-02T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globitrotter.wordpress.com\/2009\/10\/02\/hiking-in-switzerland"},"modified":"2012-04-02T15:35:00","modified_gmt":"2012-04-02T15:35:00","slug":"hiking-in-switzerland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/globitrotter.com\/blog\/index.php\/hiking-in-switzerland\/","title":{"rendered":"Hiking in Switzerland"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>Matterhorn<\/span><\/div>\n


<\/span>In September I went hiking around Zermatt in Switzerland. The area is absolutely beautiful and the weather was perfect, not too hot, not too cold and a clear blue sky. The first day I hiked from Zermatt to Sch\u00f6nbiel H\u00fctte, next to Matterhorn, via Trift Hotel. The part between Trift and Sch\u00f6nbiel was fabulous. This was one of the most beautiful hikes I have ever made. Straight ahead I had the Matterhorn and to my left the Monte Rosa massif. Magical!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Halfways to Sch\u00f6nbiel H\u00fctte with a view of the Monte Rosa massif. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\"\"<\/a>Getting closer to Sch\u00f6nbiel.<\/span><\/div>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Having a well deserved beer with a view of Matterhorn on the terrace at Sch\u00f6nbiel H\u00fctte.<\/span><\/div>\n

The second day I walked back to Zermatt via H\u00f6rnli H\u00fctte, from where most people climb the Matterhorn. The H\u00f6rnli H\u00fctte is also a popular day hike and I got stuck in a group of older people determined to reach the H\u00fctte. The last bit was quite steep and it was not very easy to pass people, you simply had to adapt to the pace.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>At H\u00f6rnli H\u00fctte.<\/span><\/div>\n

The third day I took the train up to Gornergrat (on around 3000 m) on the other side of the valley from where I had been the first two days. Because it is so easy accessible it is also very crowded at Gornergrat. They have a fancy hotel, a shopping centre (!) and an observatory. For me it defeats the purpose of going to the mountains if there is a lot of people around. I like the solitude and the calm. So I had to walk away from the hotel and I did not have to go far to loose the crowd. 15 minutes walk and I was on my own again.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Gornergrat.<\/span><\/div>\n

I must say my favourite side of the valley was the Matterhorn side. The view of the Monte Rosa from a distance was great. It was a bit more green on that side which I appreciated. Next time I will bring a picknick, some wine and sit down and look at the view for a few hours.<\/p>\n

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Matterhorn In September I went hiking around Zermatt in Switzerland. The area is absolutely beautiful and the weather was perfect, not too hot, not too cold and a clear blue sky. The first day I hiked from Zermatt to Sch\u00f6nbiel H\u00fctte, next to Matterhorn, via Trift Hotel. The part between Trift and Sch\u00f6nbiel was fabulous. … Continue reading “Hiking in Switzerland”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/globitrotter.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/globitrotter.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/globitrotter.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/globitrotter.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/globitrotter.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=507"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/globitrotter.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1011,"href":"http:\/\/globitrotter.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507\/revisions\/1011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/globitrotter.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/globitrotter.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/globitrotter.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}