Winter hiking
Zermatt-Furi (via Blatten) (Nr. 118)
This winter hiking trail passes through the beautiful hamlets of Blatten and Zum See before reaching Furi, and they’re a great place to stop for a bite to eat.
- Type Winter hiking
- Difficulty medium
- Duration 1,00 h
- Distance 2,3 km
- Ascent 256 m
- Descent 18 m
- Lowest point 1620 m
- Highest point 1865 m
Zermatt (Zen Stecken) - Blatten - Zum See - Furi
(Hiking time in reverse direction: approx. 45 min)
We recommend:
- Good footwear
- Hiking poles (optional)
- Warm winter clothing appropriate for the weather
Go into the chapel in Blatten to enjoy a moment of silence.
- 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.