The Resort

Ski beneath the Matterhorn, on the best late-season snow in the Alps. Zermatt reaches 3,883 m, which is why April here still delivers long after other resorts have gone soft. 360 km of pistes run from easy cruising to serious glacier terrain, and on a clear day you can ski over the border into Italy for lunch and be back in Switzerland before the last lift. But the moment we built this trip around is First Tracks: on Monday morning you go up before the mountain opens, with the piste crew alongside you, and put the first lines of the day into snow nobody has touched. Breakfast at the top afterwards, Matterhorn in the window.

Lodging & Après-Ski

Our Hotel Excelsior welcomes you just in walking distance to the lifts so that a half past seven start is survivable, and it is also close enough to every other evening entertainment – your evening basically needs no big planning. Family-run and comfortable with breakfast included you have the perfect home base in the Excelsior for all your adventures in Zermatt. And because Zermatt keeps combustion engines out of the village, the walk back after dinner is genuinely quiet. What more can anybody wish for?

Good to Know

A cinema at 3,883 m? Yes! The highest cinema in Europe is built into a tunnel inside the glacier. Entry comes with your lift ticket. Nobody travels to Zermatt to sit in the dark, and yet…