Matterhorn Glacier Crossing Confirms 1st July 2023 Opening
Matterhorn Glacier Crossing Confirms 1st July 2023 Opening
Published : 15-Feb-2023 12:36
After a year of largely pandemic related delays, The Matterhorn Glacier Ride II, a state-of-the-art gondola connecting the Klein Matterhorn above Zermatt with Testa Grigia in Italy, has an opening date: 1 July 2023.
The new 3S cableway will create the highest border crossing in the Alps making it possible to travel within cabin lifts between Zermatt in Switzerland and Breuil-Cervinia in Italy.
The new lift will climb from the Testa Grigia valley station at 3458 metres up to the Matterhorn Glacier Paradise mountain station at an altitude of 3883 metres above sea level, connecting with the Glacier Ride I lift ascending on the Zermatt side.
"Visitors will be able to make this passage from Italy to Switzerland and vice versa for the first time ever without getting their feet wet. The new section will close the last remaining gap between Zermatt and Breuil-Cervinia and make the long dreamt-of vision of the highest Alpine crossing by cableway a reality," a spokesperson for Zermatt's lift company explained.
The next few weeks will see the completion of the final concreting works at the valley station and the installation of electrical equipment. Since the beginning of February 2023, work has been taking place on the cable winch. This is one of the most dramatic phases of the construction and will take around three months. Then, at the beginning of May 2023, the first gondolas will be delivered, and various assembly and commissioning tasks will be carried out to get the new 3S cableway ready for use.
Stressing that the new connection will be priced for "exclusivity and quality of experience" rather than for mass transit, Zermatt Bergbahnen CEO Markus Hasler, commented,
"From 2024, there will be a luggage service to make the trip across the Alps comfortable and convenient. A variety of attractions await on the peaks, including the SnowXperience Plateau Rosa around the Testa Grigia valley station and the Matterhorn Glacier Paradise near the mountain station on the Klein Matterhorn."
www.matterhornparadise.ch/alpine-crossing
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