A large debris fan, deposited by a rockslide in the 1990s, can be seen above the village of Randa in the Matter valley.The Weisshorn above the Matter valley (background).
The Matter Valley (German: Mattertal, or sometimes Nikolaital) is located in southwestern Switzerland, south of the Rhone valley in the canton of Valais. The village of Zermatt is the most important settlement of the valley, which is surrounded by many four-thousanders, including the Matterhorn.
The Matter Valley (German: Mattertal, or sometimes Nikolaital) is located in southwestern Switzerland, south of the Rhone valley in the canton of Valais...
journey from Zermatt starts at the dead end of an Alpine valley, the Mattertal, just below the world-renowned Matterhorn at an elevation of 1,606 m (5...
Schalbetter map, printed by Sebastian Münster in 1545, the valley is labelled Mattertal, but the mountain has the Latin name Mons Silvius as well as the German...
glaciers (with one of the largest Alpine glaciers) flowing towards the Mattertal with Zermatt. Its main summit, named Dufourspitze in honor of the surveyor...
southwards into the High Alps again, separating the Val d'Anniviers from the Mattertal. Historically, the linguistic boundary in the Swiss Plateau would have...
It is the valley of the river Saaser Vispa. It is separated from the Mattertal to the west by the Mischabel massif. Villages in the valley are, upstream...
Valais Alps, some of the largest side valleys are (from east to west): the Mattertal (including the Saastal), the Val d'Anniviers, the Val d'Hérens, the Val...
Valais. It lies on the range separating the Val d'Anniviers from the Mattertal, just east of the Ober Gabelhorn. Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic...
the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO). It lies at the upper end of Mattertal at an elevation of 1,620 m (5,310 ft), at the foot of Switzerland's highest...
The Europa Hut (German: Europahütte) is a mountain hut located in the Mattertal above Randa in the Mischabel range at 2,265 m, owned by the Swiss Alpine...
Pass, on the range between the Turtmanntal and the Mattertal, although its summit is within the Mattertal. The Steitalhorn is the culminating point of the...
of Valais. It belongs to the Mischabel massif, which lies between the Mattertal and the Saastal. The northern side of the Balfrin is covered by a glacier...
Vadret da Morteratsch, Glatscher dil Vorab Valley Tal Val Valle, Val Val Mattertal, Val d'Hérens, Valle Maggia Pass Pass, Joch Col, Pas Passo Pass Jungfraujoch...
Mettelhorn The Mettelhorn above the Mattertal (center left) Highest point Elevation 3,406 m (11,175 ft) Prominence 240 m (790 ft) Parent peak Monte Rosa...
lies north of the Färichhorn and the Balfrin, on the range between the Mattertal and the Saastal. Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps. The key...
a mountain of the Swiss Pennine Alps, between the Turtmanntal and the Mattertal in the canton of Valais. The closest locality is Gruben/Meiden on the...
north–south orientated chain separating the Val d'Anniviers to the west and the Mattertal to the east and enclosing the Turtmanntal to the north, the tripoint between...
north of the Dom, above the resort of Saas-Fee to the east, and the Mattertal to the west. It was first climbed by R. B. Heathcote, with guides Franz...
The Brunegghorn is a mountain of the Pennine Alps, overlooking the Mattertal in the canton of Valais. It is part of the Weisshorn group. On the west side...
before it enters Lake Geneva. The Vispa collects the waters from the Mattertal (formed by the Matter Vispa) and the Saastal (formed by the Saaser Vispa)...
Val d'Herémece Val d'Anniviers Turtmanntal Lötschental Vispa Saastal Mattertal Zmuttal Goms (Nufenen Pass to the Leventina, Grimsel Pass to the Haslital...
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