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I had to look into Zermatt. I think it's going on almost year 3 of 'no opening' of the Yellow Freeride Itineraries at Hohtalli/Rote Nase, and now even Rothorn.

Assume there is almost no off-piste/freeride skiing on the Swiss side of the Matterhorn Ski Paradise (i.e. Zermatt). This is also incredibly high alpine, rocky terrain - your skis will pay the price!

Yellow = Closed Freeride Areas. Conditions must be simply icy skied-off groomers for the most part. Cervinia seems much better.

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Finally, I found some off-piste Cervinia freeride maps by local Italians. Never knew where any of the lines were since there are not many written guides describing Zermatt-Cervinia.

Cervinia - Plateau Rosa / Testa Grigia
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Numbers will bounce around, and storm tracks will change, but SW/W Alps might do the best. However, OpenSnow models change in a heartbeat, even 24-48 hours out, so all I would take is that a stormy pattern might return to the Alps.

Even Zermatt and the Monterosa ski areas might get some snow......

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ChrisC said:
I also get easily confused at night about how to get on auto trains in Switzerland through mountain passes. I cannot read any signs/directions, so I just wait to follow someone else. Never sure where to pay tolls for these trains - but they are fun as hell! I have done 3 different ones now.
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Most Swiss car trains are in/out of the mountainous SW Valais area. It can add time when trying to get from Jungfrau/Interlaken, Engelberg, and Andermatt to --> Zermatt, Saas Fee, Grimentz/Zinal, Verbier, etc.

The five car trains in Switzerland:
  • Furka: car train between Oberwald (Valais) and Realp (near Andermatt). Reservation isn’t possible. An alternative is the Furka Pass road.
  • Lötschberg: car train between Kandersteg (Bernese Oberland) and Goppenstein (Valais). You can’t make reservations. There is no alternative road.
  • Simplon: car train between Brig (Valais) and Iselle (Italy). Reservations aren’t possible. An alternative is the Simplon Pass road.
  • Lötschberg and Simplon combined: direct car train between Kandersteg (Bernese Oberland) and Iselle (Italy). Reservations are required. There is no alternative pass road.
  • Vereina: car train between Selfranga (Klosters) and Sagliains (Lower Engadine). Reservations are not necessary. An alternative is the Flüela Pass road.
  • (Oberalp: the former car train between Andermatt and Sedrun [Graubünden] has been discontinued in 2023.)
 
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