Winter hiking
Schwarzsee-Stafel (Nr. 123)
This winter hike goes quite close to the Matterhorn and directly under the mighty North Wall.
- Type Winter hiking
- Difficulty medium
- Duration 1,00 h
- Distance 3,3 km
- Ascent 0 m
- Descent 384 m
- Lowest point 2200 m
- Highest point 2583 m
Schwarzsee - Stafel
(Hiking time in reverse direction: approx. 1h 20)
Tip: The hike can be continued over Stafel-Furi.
We recommend:
- Good footwear
- Hiking poles (optional)
- Warm winter clothing appropriate for the weather
Don’t forget your camera! The north face of the Matterhorn makes for a fantastic photo.
- Plan every mountain tour carefully and adapt to participants’ fitness level as well as the weather and season.
- Weather conditions can change quickly in the mountains. Appropriate clothing is therefore essential, along with adequate supplies of food and water. In uncertain weather, turn back in good time.
- Inform others of planned route, and whenever possible avoid going alone.
- Do not leave the marked routes; do not venture onto glaciers without a mountain guide.
- It is forbidden to walk on the ski pistes.
- Please be considerate to other walkers and to plants and animals.
Tip: “Be searchable”. Equip yourself with an additional RECCO rescue reflector*. Whether summer or winter. Available in our Online-Shop or our information desk.
*The additional reflector does not replace an avalanche beacon.