St. Niklaus

Among the settlements of Valais, St. Niklaus stands out for its long association with the alpine guides of the Mattertal. The village lies in the narrow Matter Valley beside the Matter Vispa, on the rail and road corridor leading south toward Zermatt, with the high Pennine Alps rising on both sides. St. Niklaus became an important home base for mountaineering guides during the nineteenth-century development of Alpine climbing; its Alpine Guide Museum documents that local tradition. The Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn stops here, connecting the community with Visp and Zermatt. Discover further points of interest through webcams located across Valais and the Mattertal.

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