Zermatt Travel Forum

Hi,

Anybody familiar as to how I can go from Zermatt to Cervina...i.e. by chairlifts?

And is it possible to go up the Matterhorn and ski down to Cervina

Thanks,

hoho2701

Yes, and then once in Cervina there is a lift that takes you back up.

From Zermatt two possibilities:
1) by cable car to the Klein Matterhorn
2) by skilifts to the Testa Grigia
then down to Cervinia via the Plateau Rosa/Testa Grigia

You will find an excellent ski area map under this link:
http://bergbahnen.zermatt.ch/e/skigebiet/

Greetings from the Snowy Alps ;-)

Thanks for the prompt answers.

That will take care of my itiniery for a day.
By chance, would you guys know how long it takes to get to Cervina from Zermatt by lift?

Thanks for the reply.

This is my first time in the Alps. Can you tell me what the blue/red lines stand for in the ski map?
Are they similar to the difficulty in the states? i.e. blue square/ black diamond

Hi,

blue = easy difficulty / beginner skier
red= medium / good skier
black= hard / good skier
yellow= off piste

Time travel from Zermatt by cable car Matterhorn Express - Furi (change) - Trockener Steg (change) - Klein Matterhorn would be approx. 45min or more depending of the skier flows/waiting time. Then down to Cervinia about 30 min.

Same time to go back to Switzerland.

Greetings from the Sunny and Snowy Swiss Alps ;-)

Thanks for the expertise, do you know if there's a certain lift restrictions
in the Italian side if I were to purchase the international ski pass over at Zermatt?

and if conditions change while I am Cervinia, is there a shuttle or anything that can take me back to Zermatt?

Thanks for the expertise, do you know if there's a certain lift restrictions
in the Italian side if I were to purchase the international ski pass over at Zermatt?

and if conditions change while I am Cervinia, is there a shuttle or anything that can take me back to Zermatt?

What kind of shuttle do you mean? There is an over 3000 m high pass between.

The only way to get from Zermatt to Cervinia is either skiing (with the help of lifts) or helicopter, or the looooooong way around the mountains (half a day one way). If the conditions change while you are on the other side, tough. You will have to weather out the "conditions" and get back to Zermatt the same way as you went or... look for a hotel in Cervinia.

Its a 6 hour climb to the top of the Matterhorn and then another 6 hours climb down to Cervinia!