Rotenboden at Zermatt - Breuil-Cervinia
Easy · 1800 m long with 257 m of vertical, averaging 8° and 17° at its steepest, facing NW.
17°steepest 50 m
8°average pitch
1800 mlength
257 mvertical
2816 mtop elevation
NWfaces
Snow and sun
Rotenboden is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.
How to get to Rotenboden
Lifts that reach the top: Gifthittli (skiing easy terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 28 minutes, easy skiing needed):
- Ride Matterhorn Express 1
- Ski unnamed easy connector (easy)
- Ride Riffelberg-Express
- Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
- Ski Rotenboden (easy)
- Ski Gornergrat (easy)
- Ride Gifthittli
- Ski Gornergrat (easy)
- Ski Riffelhorn (easy)
- Ski Rotenboden (easy)
Where it ends
Joins unnamed easy trail, Gornergrat, Riffelalp. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Gifthittli (1 min), unnamed magic carpet (5 min), unnamed magic carpet (5 min).
See Rotenboden on the 3D mapAll runs at Zermatt - Breuil-CerviniaMeasured 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.