Tour du Cervin Day 6: Europahutte - Gasenreid (then Saint Nicklaus)

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A new balcony stage at the foot of high summits separating the Zermatt and Saas Fee valleys.

This walk is part of a multi-day hike: The Matterhorn Tour

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 15.10 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 6h 45 
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    Difficulty: Difficult
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: No
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    Vertical gain: + 854 m
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    Vertical drop: - 1,990 m
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    Highest point: 2,722 m
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    Lowest point: 1,128 m
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Description of the walk

Leave Europahutte heading north (S) and keep heading in that direction, the path rotates along a track that follows elevation bends slightly uphill and down.

Go around several ridges (1) and thalwegs (2) reaching the small Grathorn summit (3) after a long walk over a rocky track. Go through the forest then a long downhill hike towards Gasenreid (4), end of the hike by foot.

Catch the postal bus to Saint-Niklaus (6), that's it for today.

Waypoints

  1. S : km 0 - alt. 2,264 m - Europahutte
  2. 1 : km 2.02 - alt. 2,314 m - Ridge crossing
  3. 2 : km 9.53 - alt. 2,311 m - Grathorn
  4. 3 : km 13.17 - alt. 1,642 m - Gasenreid
  5. E : km 15.1 - alt. 1,128 m - Saint Nicklaus

Practical information

Water available in the streams, preferably purified first.
As indicated in the description, the hike ends at Gasenheid and the bus then takes you to Saint Niklaus. There is a trail linking the two villages but of no real significance, in order to complete the hike within 10 days we chose this option and will carry on so during the next stages.
This trail appears as a straight line on the overall route for simplicity reasons.

In the nearby area

Saint Niklaus, meaning Nicolas is a quaint village approaching Zermatt valley.

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