• With its sunny observation platform accessible all year, the Gornergrat, at an altitude of 3,089m, has been one of Switzerland’s top excursion destinations since 1898. The Gornergrat Bahn,Europe’s highest open-air cog railway brings passengers direct from Zermatt station (1,620m) to the summit of the Gornergrat, 365 days a year. The ride takes 33 minutes and requires a vertical climb of 1,469m. The line leads over dramatic bridges, through galleries and tunnels, across forests of larch and Swiss stone pine, and past rocky ravines and mountain lakes.