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Riffelhorn at Zermatt - Breuil-Cervinia

Easy · 1752 m long with 309 m of vertical, averaging 10° and 22° at its steepest, facing NW.

22°steepest 50 m
10°average pitch
1752 mlength
309 mvertical
2913 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Riffelhorn

Lifts that reach the top: Gifthittli (skiing easy terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 26 minutes, easy skiing needed):

  1. Ride Matterhorn Express 1
  2. Ski unnamed easy connector (easy)
  3. Ride Riffelberg-Express
  4. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  5. Ski Rotenboden (easy)
  6. Ski Gornergrat (easy)
  7. Ride Gifthittli
  8. Ski Gornergrat (easy)
  9. Ski Riffelhorn (easy)

Where it ends

Joins unnamed easy trail, Gornergrat. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Gifthittli (1 min), unnamed magic carpet (2 min), unnamed magic carpet (2 min).

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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.