Geneva to Mont Blanc to Matterhorn and back
A traveler is planning a weekend trip in Switzerland and wants to see both Mont Blanc and the Matterhorn, departing from Geneva. They are looking for advice on feasible travel options and tours to make the most of their limited time, ideally leaving Saturday morning and returning late Sunday or early Monday.
- To see both Mont Blanc and the Matterhorn in one weekend, consider using a combination of buses and trains, as direct routes may be challenging due to construction.
- Make sure to check the weather in advance, as visibility of the peaks can be inconsistent.
- For a closer view of Mont Blanc, you might want to use the Aiguille du Midi cable car in Chamonix.
- Plan your itinerary using online rail planners for efficient connections between Geneva, Chamonix, and Zermatt.
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I will be in Switzerland for work and have a weekend free. I would like to see both Mont Blanc and the Matterhorn, and then go back to Geneva. Is that possible? I could leave as early as possible on a Saturday and return as late as possible on Sunday (or the wee hours of Monday morning). I keep seeing info on the famous hike between the Matterhorn and Mont Blanc, but that is not what I’m looking for. Any advice? Any tours that would do something like that?
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Mont Blanc is visible from central Geneva on a clear day, but you have to travel into France to see it close up. It is possible to squeeze in Matterhorn and Mont Blanc in 2 days but it would be an effort.
Geneva – Chamonix is not easy due to the construction of the new Leman Express cross-border rail network (opening December this year) , but there are buses
Then you would take the Mont Blanc Express Chamonix – Martigny, then SBB CFF main line train Martigny – Visp, then MGB train Visp – Zermatt, the you would return Zermatt – Visp – Genève.
The trouble is you don’t see Mont Blanc easily from central Chamonix, so there would be extra time needed to work out how you want to see the mountain (eg on the Aiguille du Midi cable car)
Try the German railways on line planner:
http://www.bahn.com/en/view/i ndex.shtml
Input Genève to Genève and input at least two ‘via’ points (eg Chamonix and Zermatt)
If you could see only one, would it be Mont Blanc or the Matterhorn? I spent a semester in Switzerland in college and neglected to see the Matterhorn, which has always been a regret. So I am leaning towards that if only one option.
Hello czr1, and welcome to MySwissAlps!
Congratulations for your interest for the alpine peaks!
< I would like to see both Mont Blanc and the Matterhorn >
The problem is that these peaks will in a way decide if they want to show themselves to you, or not. See the attached photograph of the Matterhorn as it showed itself to me when I was there in June 2018. You could experience the same.
Reliable weather forecasts in the Alps do not go beyond four or five days.
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