Hi! We will be staying in Zermatt this upcoming summer and would to know if any of you guys that have gone to Zermatt know any of the best places around to see the Matterhorn at night time. If you have any must do’s while in Zermatt we would love your input as well!
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Green Bay
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I don't know if you can see the Matterhorn at night, unless there is a full moon maybe.
Daylight hours, on the walkway along the east of the river. Or a walk up Riedstrasse near the Gornergratbahn overpass. Or ride the Gornergratbahn to the top for a great view. From Trockner Steg, you're real close, but not the classic view from the village, more of a straight triangle.
Only been there in the winter, but the skiing is wonderful and the Apres Ski is more like Austria (lively).
Posted by
OP
Florida
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Hi Sam! My bad i guess the pictures I’ve seen of the Matterhorn at night might be like you said during full moon or edited. I appreciate your feedback and recommendations!
Posted by
Green Bay
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I have a series of 3 photos my wife took hanging in our living room, taken from our room balcony in the early morning. First with sunlight just hitting the top, second with sunlight halfway down, third with the entire east face lit.
Posted by
OP
Florida
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Sounds so beautiful!
Posted by
Green Bay
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The town itself is brightly lit in the evening, so it suffers from light pollution. Any night photos you would have seen would have been taken from mountaineering huts up on the surrounding mountains I would suspect.
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Green Bay
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Here is that location of that photo on google maps. It is identified as "Zermatt Matterhorn Aussichtpunkt". You can walk up there through the streets after dark.
https://www.google.com/maps/@46.0245726,7.7541198,17z?entry=ttu
Posted by
Paris
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Maureen, what a wonderful link to his magical work ! Thank you for sharing.
Posted by
OP
Florida
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Thank you all! I appreciate the input and the link to the beautiful pictures!