Hornlihutte - Zermatt

The hut is accessible to hikers. What a place to restore energies. The 2 hour hike starts at Schwarzsee cable car station.

Very expensive mountain hut. The menue card is minimalistic. The food was Okay. When comparing to Mountain Huts in the Dolomites where they also fly the food in with helicopters, then the Hörnlihütte has really not much to offer. The service was people acted pretty dry, not totally unfriendly, but not really nice either. The coffee was very bad ! Swiss mountains huts, PLEASE learn from them in the Dolomites !!! You are way behind ...

We took the Gondola from Zermatt to Schwarzee and then hiked up to the matterhorn. The Hornlihutte was at the top and was a nice place to take a bathroom break, grab some radlers and enjoy the views of the climbers on the peak. It was a little pricey but we had packed a picnic so only purchased drinks and a hornlihutte pin. We hiked up a little past the hornlihutte for a perfect picnic spot where we were able to watch the rope climbers and made new friends with some french people who shared their wine with us as they were toasting one of their friends who had passed away. This was a bucket list hike and we thought it was nice to have the hornlihutte as a place to stop at the top for a break before heading back down the mountain. We did have to rush down the mountain to make the last gondola, and barely made it. So make sure you check the schedule and plan your time accordingly. That would have been a very very long hike all the way down in the dark. For those of you who complain about the prices I would suggest that you stop at one of the many bakeries in town and put something in your backpack. Plan ahead. If you want hot food when you get to the top, it will obviously be worth paying a little more at the Hornlihutte.

Very expensive mountain hut. The menue card is minimalistic. The food was Okay. When comparing to Mountain Huts in the Dolomites where they also fly the food in with helicopters, then the Hörnlihütte has really not much to offer. The service was people acted pretty...dry, not totally unfriendly, but not really nice either. The coffee was very bad ! Swiss mountains huts, PLEASE learn from them in the Dolomites !!! You are way behind ...

The Hornli Hutte is about a hours trek from the Schonbiel; there are a couple places to eat, we chose the Schwarzee Hotel/Restaurant which as about way or a picnic is also do able. The last two hour are up, up with some...switch backs and narrow paths that are supplemented with wires or ropes. Hornli is also know as Matternhorn Base Camp is located at the base of the mountain and the starting point for those climbing.. It was recently redone to celebrate the anniversary of the first ascent and the rehab is striking. A huge balcony looks up the mtn and the inside dinning/gathering room with floor to ceiling windows is modern, functional and provides the same breath taking view as the out side balcony. Toilets, running hot water and showers are inside, our room slept By far the most comfortable with many amenities not available in the other huttes: in side facilities, hot water, lights all night. Dinner was communal, family style: squash soup, spaetzle, goulash, green beans and a delicious apple strudel--seconds were offered. This meal was as good as one would get in down town Zermatt at many of its restaurants. However, the star was the views of the mtn from the dinning room. Breakfast was juice, cereal, instant coffee, tea, bread, jam, cereal, yogurt, meat/cheese. We booked pension: extras were water, wine, grappa that bill was CHF--beginning to see a trend here?