Gornergrat Railway

The Matterhorn trip, and the strongest rival to Jungfraujoch for one big summit day. Climbing from Zermatt to 3,089 meters, it is the highest open-air railway in Europe, so the views build all the way up instead of arriving at the end of a tunnel. The operator counts the Matterhorn, 28 four-thousand-meter peaks and the Gorner Glacier from the top. Opened in 1898 as Switzerland's first electric rack railway, it is the one to choose if you are staying in Zermatt anyway. Sit on the right going up for the Matterhorn side. Like every summit here, the whole point disappears in cloud, so keep the day flexible.