Zermatt and Cervinia ski pass

I've just booked a week in Zermatt and have looked at the lift pass prices on the official Zermatt web page. There are the Zermatt and Zermatt/Cervinia passes which was what I expected to find but there appears to be a further version entitled International incl Val d'Aosta. Can anyone shed any light on this for me? It's only another 18 francs. I've googled but struggling to find out what extra area this brings in.

The International Aosta (Zermatt / Val d'Aosta) pass gives access to all the Zermatt Cervinia/Valtournenche lifts plus 2 days in any of the other resorts in the Val d'Aosta http://www.skivallee.it/interna.asp?codpage=stazioni_sci as well as La Rosiére and Alagna.

If the weather looks like it's going to be OK most people get the international (Zermatt Cervinia/Valtournenche) pass, if the weather forecast isn't good or if you just want to go over to Cervinia once the Zermatt pass can be extended on a daily basis for CHF 41.

Many thanks for that swingbeep. I think we'll be happy with the Zermatt/Cervinia pass.

Looking forward to it. Never skied in either Switzerland or Italy.

And we've gone for a package deal holiday for the 1st time ever.

And a half board hotel stay is also new one for us!

Zermatt had brilliant weather today,

but Cervinia wasn't so lucky.

Admin is forecasting another 15cm for tomorrow, if you want to see it live the SLF (Swiss Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research) has some online measuring stations around Zermatt http://www.slf.ch/schneeinfo/messwerte/stationsdaten/rk42_sd_c_EN the automatic stations record the snow depth every 6 h and the observer stations once a day at 08:00 h, mouse over and click on the blue and black triangles. At the moment the observer station at Furi is recording more snow than has fallen in the last 10 years!

If you need any more info just ask, getting from some hotels to the lifts can be a bit of a pain.

looking good. :D

We're staying in Hotel Schonegg which apparently is a 3 minute walk to the Sunnegga lift. i think we are near to Flexrent who we might use for ski hire. They will let you leave boots and skis with them overnight which I like the sound of ( we've done that previously in Val d'Isere).

The Schönegg is a very good hotel in an excellent location; I hope you managed to get a room with a Matterhorn view. The entry tunnel is 80 metres from the entrance to the Sunnegga funicular and 200 metres from the Gornergrat railway station, there is also a bus stop (Getwingbrücke) 30 metres away. If it's busy it is better to get the bus to the southern end of the village from the stop outside the Sunnegga lift station (Rothorn paradise) http://www.e-bus.ch/cms/file.php?id=128 A copy of the Gornergrat railway timetable might come in handy http://www.gornergratbahn.ch/en/timetable_tickets/timetables/dec_apr14/ztt_gg/Pages/default.aspx

The lifts open at 08:30 and the first train up to Gornergrat for skiers is at 08:00.

Flexrent is just across the river and has a good selection of good quality equipment; they only hire skis, boots etc. so they can't afford to hire out rubbish. Storing your skis there will save you a 70 meter walk in ski boots down the hotel entrance tunnel. They also have a depot close to the Matterhorn paradise gondola at the other end of the village.

You might be better off if you get just a Zermatt pass. Skiing is better on Zermatt side, and the only plus of going to Italian side is good food for less. The link is often closed and you won't get a refund. I skied in Zermatt maybe 8-9 days in total with a full pass and could only use it twice. And to be honest I only did it to justify having the pass especially the second time.

Too late!! We've already bought the international pass. It was only approx £40 more though. We're looking forward to getting over to Cervinia for at least one day.