Gornergrat
High rocky ridge reached by a historic rack railway, facing the Matterhorn and a ring of glaciers.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Gornergrat above Zermatt goes back to the building of the rack railway in the eighteen nineties, when hard rock, short summers and a contract with a daily penalty set the pace. It follows the full-page newspaper ads that sold the line to investors, the promise made to shareholders, and the guides and porters who feared for their trade. Best heard on the summit platform as a train pulls in.
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