Staying in Zermatt ? we were there late May of '24, my pic (if I can find it) the Matterhorn was in a snow storm....
Yep, stayed in Zermatt for four days. When we arrived on Sept 22nd, the mountain was completely obscured by clouds and the forecast for the subsequent few days was miserable.
On the 23rd, we took the cable car up to "Glacier Paradise" (3830m) and these were the conditions at the viewing platform:
We couldn't see the ground around us, never mind the Matterhorn. It was snowing and blowing a gale. Strangely, of the multitude of tourists who went up that morning, I seemed to be the only one interested in spending any time outside.
We decided to take the cable car down to Schwarzsee (2580m), which was below the snow line, and hike the rest of the way down.
That night, the snowfall reached well below the tree-line and this was the view on the morning of the 24th:
We decided to take a chance that morning and took the cogwheel train up the Gornergrat - and were we ever glad we did! The skies cleared and this was our view from the Riffelsee:
The golden hour shot of the peak was taken the following morning.
