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Marmotte at Zermatt - Breuil-Cervinia

Freeride · 1666 m long with 670 m of vertical, averaging 22° and 37° at its steepest, facing NW.

37°steepest 50 m
22°average pitch
1666 mlength
670 mvertical
2950 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

Marmotte is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Marmotte

Lifts that reach the top: Kumme (skiing freeride terrain to get there); Blauherd - Rothorn (skiing freeride terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 23 minutes, freeride skiing needed):

  1. Ride Zermatt–Sunnegga funicular
  2. Ride Sunnegga-Blauherd
  3. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  4. Ride Blauherd - Rothorn
  5. Ski Schneehuhn (intermediate)
  6. Ski Chamois (freeride)
  7. Ski Marmotte (freeride)

Where it ends

Joins Tufternkumme. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Kumme (1 min), Patrullarve (4 min).

See Marmotte on the 3D mapAll runs at Zermatt - Breuil-Cervinia
Measured from OpenStreetMap geometry and elevation via OpenSkiMap (ODbL). Times are rough. Grades, grooming and openings change day to day — check the resort's own reports.