We Made It To Zermatt!

We left this morning at 10:20 am ready to hike the last leg of the Walker's Haute Route to Zermatt. In some ways, the last stretch was a little anti-climatic - the route followed the river and wove through some construction areas as we got closer to Zermatt. After all the beautiful scenery we've seen the last two weeks, the end was a little disappointing. However, that did not take away from our excitement of having accomplished our goal of hiking 115 miles.

 

 

 

 

 

Here we are at the top of the hill overlooking Zermatt. As we walked down the hill, we saw several para-gliders sailing over the city.

We stopped at a cafe to have some snacks before making our way to the apartment we rented for two nights. We passed out the last of the Advil to those that needed it - notice only one Advil left in the container that was full when we started!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We bought some groceries and are settled into our apartment - tomorrow, we're hoping to get a view of the Matterhorn which is covered by clouds now.

We talked a lot about this experience and are so glad we had the chance to take this hike. We've learned a lot and would do some things differently - mostly we're grateful to have traveled the whole way from Chamonix, France to Zermatt, Switzerland!

We are looking forward to a full day in Zermatt tomorrow and then we'll head onto Geneva for two days before heading home to Minneapolis.

 

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