[Idyllchat] Visiting Zermatt from Heartland

[Jay Cloidt]

We stayed in Zermatt for 2 days, and I still haven't seen the Matterhorn.
There was one point when the clouds lifted a little where we could see the
bottom 2/3 of it. I snapped off a couple of pictures, then the clouds closed
in again. We were there in August 2002 when it rained in Western Europe for
the entire summer. While we were walking through town, the temperature
dropped from 10° C to 0° C and it started to snow. In August. Even the Swiss
were puzzled. We still managed to have an amazing trip. Saw the glacier on
the west face of the Eiger through a 15 minute break in the clouds. Hiking
through the clouds with cow and sheep bells going off around you was
actually kind of cool even if you couldn't see very far. We had one hike
above Grindelwald on the Falhorn where we were walking through the clouds,
and cows came out of the mist.

With all our trials on that trip (I didn't get to ski because of the white
out conditions), I would still recommend going to Zermatt if you can work it
in.

  - Jay

On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 11:49 AM, <Nelreis at aol.com> wrote:

> We also stayed overnight in Zermatt and highly recommend doing it that
> way.  The mountain is often obscured by clouds.  At the suggestion of
> another Idyllchatter, we phoned the hotel where we planned to stay to ask
> about the visibility on the day we were to depart.  Luckily, it was good or
> we would have cancelled.  On the train we met two other travelers, one who
> was trying for her 2nd time as on her first visit it was hidden, and the
> other who was unable to see it twice and said she was trying for her third
> and last time.
>
> Fay Reisfelt
>
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