Riffelseeweg

The short walk from Rotenboden down to Riffelberg, past the Riffelsee — the reflection of the Matterhorn in this lake is the photograph on half the postcards in Zermatt. The path sits at 2,800 m on the Gornergrat side, opposite the mountain and above the Gorner glacier. [Route details] Start: Rotenboden (2,815 m) · End: Riffelberg (2,582 m) 3.0 km · downhill · 2,559 m to 2,808 m About 1 hour [Good to know] - Both ends are stops on the Gornergrat railway, so it is one stop's worth of walking. - The reflection needs still air; it is usually gone by mid-morning. - The 5-Seenweg is on the other side of the valley, above Sunnegga, and is published separately. - Elevation is sampled from a terrain model, not recorded on the ground.