From Zermatt, we took a gondola for a short ride up the mountain to Trockener Steg Station, a gondola stop at over 7,500 feet high. This gondola station gets heavy use in both winter and summer. In winter, Trockener Steg is a ski area for all levels of skiers and snowboarders. In summer, it's a starting point for hiking opportunities for all levels of hikers. We had great views on the way up the mountain as well as once we reached the station.

You can see Vicky where we hiked up the hill to get to the gondola to go up the mountain.

The next three photos were taken from the gondola as we rode up to the Trockener Steg gondola station. Zermatt and the Matter Valley are down below us. The landscape was interesting with bare rock, forested areas, glacial blue streams, yellowing larch trees, and snow-covered mountains. The gondola must have held 60-80 people, plus lots of skies and other equipment.

Once up at Trockener Steg, we hiked around the area. At that point, the Matterhorn is still over 7,100 feet above us.