Zermatt Flower Trail at Sunnegga

The Zermatt Flower Trail (aka Blumenweg) is lovely ramble over rocky hills and through flower filled fields. The trail end at a fun playground and picnic area with a view of the Matterhorn.

The flowers are accompanied by informational signboards and labels (in English and German), which teach you interesting facts like which magical plant was used to restore a cow’s milk. 

The trail is downhill and not difficult. But the path is rocky with uneven terrain, not suitable for strollers.

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Hiking map

From the Zermatt train station (1), it’s a short walk to the Sunnegga funicular (2). Ride up to Sunnegga (3), then transfer to a gondola up to Blauherd (4). For the Flower Trail, follow the Blumenweg trail signs (red line). Trail ends back at Sunnegga funicular. Then short walk down to Wolli Adventure Park playground (5).  

Here is the actual trail map for the Flower Trail #3.

See interactive trail map on Komoot. See trail info on Zermatt website.

How to get there

This hike is in Zermatt, which is located in southern Switzerland. If you are not already in Zermatt, get yourself to the Zermatt train station. If you came by car, you must park in Täsch and ride the train the rest of the way to Zermatt.

From the Zermatt train station, it’s a short walk to the Sunnegga funicular station, as shown in the map below. To reach the hike, you’ll ride the funicular up to Sunnegga, then a gondola up to Blauherd. The hike ends back at Sunnegga, where you can ride back to Zermatt.

Planning your day

Tickets for the Zermatt Flower Trail

For this hike, you need the “Kombiticket” which includes a round trip ticket on the Sunnegga funicular train and a one way ticket on the Sunnegga-Blauherd gondola.

Note: If you plan to ride the scooters down the mountain, you’ll only need a one way ticket on the Sunnegga funicular and Blauherd gondola. Just tell the ticket agent what you plan to do and they will sell you the correct ticket.

In 2023, this Kombiticket for an adult costs: 

• CHF 47 from July-Aug 
• CHF 43 in May-June/ Sept-Oct

Discounts: 50% for children 9-16, Swiss Travel Pass, SBB Half-fare, and GA cards. Free for children under 9 or with SBB Junior cards.

See current prices.

Opening times

You can typically do this trail from mid June through early October. The lifts run from about 8:30 – 16:30, a bit longer in summer. See current opening hours.

Photo Story

From the ticket booth, walk down the long tunnel and board the funicular train, which is basically an underground elevator that takes you up to Sunnegga Paradise, the middle station of this mountain.

There’s a playground here, but we stopped at the playground after our hike as a reward for good hiking and I suggest you do the same. So instead of stopping at Sunnegga, take the cable car up to the Blauherd station show below.

The trail starts right next to the Blauherd cable car station. Follow the Blumenweg informational signboards.

It’s a very rocky trail, so no strollers. But it’s relatively easy, mostly downhill, and our 3YO hiked about half of it and I carried him the other half. The actual hike took us about 1.5 hr, but we took a lot of breaks and had a picnic, so total time was about 2.5 hours.

They aren’t kidding about the flowers. There are so many of them and so many different kinds. We visited in late July, which was perfect for flower viewing.

There are lots of educational signs along the trail (in English). The sign below explains that people used to think that this flower would help cows produce milk again after going dry.

The trail winds slowly down, passing through lush meadows and following a couple streams. In late July, the meadows were bursting with flowers.

Lots of cool rocks as well.

We found a wonderful picnic spot all by ourselves. We were completely alone on this trail. You’d never think that the village below was packed to the brim with tourists.

After about an hour, the narrow mountain trail joins a dirt road at cluster of mountain huts. You turn left, following this road back to Sunnegga Paradise.

Sunnegga Paradise Playground

The ends back at Sunnegga. Now your kids have earned their time at the playground. From the Sunnegga restaurant and funicular, you can either walk or take a very short funicular (shown below) down to Wolli’s Adventure Park. Here is the small funicular – it’s free.

Here’s the fun playground, which my kids loved. You would see the Matterhorn directly behind the playground, but we had a cloudy day.

Here’s what it looks like on a sunny day. 

The playground has water play, better for a warm day. There’s also a nice picnic area with tables and grill stations.