Snow Hike

On Tuesday we went snow hiking. Dawn, Steven and I would need to leave Zermatt in the early afternoon in order to return to Zürich, so they could catch their flight back to the states in the morning. So there really wasn't enough time to squeeze in another day of skiing.

We awoke to another beautiful day and set out along one of the very well marked trails, taking the hike leading to Z'mutt, located at 1936 m in the Zmutt Valley just west of Zermatt. The village chapel (locked while we were there) is to Saint Catherine of Alexandria, who is the patroness of the Valais. About an hour's hike from Zermatt, this old, summer-only occupied village has 400 year old guest cottages which you can rent and appears to have a restaurant that would be open.

We "enjoyed" getting hit with the spray from a snowblower as well as some stray snowballs here and there and saw some interesting signs written in the snow. ;-)

The trip back to Riedt took us on a Panoramic car for the section from Zermatt to Visp. As this day was clear, it made for wonderful views of the mountains and the snow. Breathtaking! Unfortunately our train from Visp to Zurich Hauptbanhof (main train station) was 10 minutes late, making us miss our connecting train to Oberglatt, so we grabbed some snacks in the Migros and did a bit more looking for gifts to "take home." No more late trains or buses, got us back to the apartment in Riedt around 19.00 (7 p.m.) After a dinner of reheated ziti, they got ready for their trip back to the states. Ah, the time just goes by too quickly.

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