Matterhorn Glacier Paradise
High-alpine summit station tunnelled into a frozen peak, with a lookout over glaciers and the Matterhorn.
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About this audio guide
This audio guide to the Matterhorn Glacier Paradise above Zermatt follows Horace-Bénédict de Saussure, the Geneva scientist who spent his life measuring mountains. It takes you from his reward for a route up Mont Blanc to his crossings of the Theodul Pass in the late seventeen-hundreds, sextant and chain in hand. Along the way you'll hear how a deer crept into one of the Alps' most famous names. Best heard out on the summit terrace, looking across at the Matterhorn.
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