Beskrivning
Throughout the year there are many trails available for hiking around the Zermatt area. The trail descirbed here is a suggestion for a day trip. The birds being presented here can be found throughout the entire Zermatt area.
The 5 Seenweg or 5 Lakes Walk (trail number 11) is a 10 km trail that takes you along 5 beautiful alpine lakes, the last of which you can take a swim in. The directions described here starts from Blauherd which you can reach by gondola lift. Walking the trail the other way around is also possible.
At Blauherd you start above the tree line and immediately when you walk out of the station you can find your first birds. Keep an eye out for snöfink, alpkaja and in rare cases alpjärnsparv. Marmots also live around here. Walking down the mountain you will find large amounts of stenskvätta and svart rödstjärt with vattenpiplärka amongst them. Look up and you might see tornseglare or klippsvala. Walking along the trail and past the beautiful lakes you eventually reach the tree line. Here you find a variety of forest birds like nötkråka, domherre, järnsparv and tofsmes. At the final lake you have also reached the Sunnegga station. From here you can take the lift or walk the Gourmet trail down to Zermatt. Along this additional 10 km trail you walk past resaurants and more grassy areas where you can find björktrast, trädpiplärka, klippsparv and marmots amongst others. While hiking keep an eye out for kungsörn, lammgam and ormvråk flying high in the sky amongst the mountains.
Although a scope is useful here since you can see far and wide it is a bit of an obstacle to carry it along the entire trail.
Detaljer
Tillgänglighet
The only way of reaching Zermatt is by train as cars are not allowed into the city. From Zermatt you take a lift to Sunnegga from where you can take a gondola up to Blauherd station.
Terräng och habitat
Skog , Dal , Kanjon/klippa , Berg , Sjö , Spridda träd och buskarFörhållanden
Bergigt , Kulligt , KlippigtRundtur
NejTubkikare behövs?
NejBästa säsong för skådning
SommarBästa tid för ett besök
SommarRutt
Bred stig , Grusväg , Smal stigHur ansträngande vandring
Genomsnittlig vandringNås
Till fotsFågeltorn / plattform
NejExtra information
Photo 5-seenweg by Alltheswissthings, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

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