Day 3 6.5 miles Marmotte sightings:  2 wooden marmotte sculptures We needed a pseudo-rest day today so we took the famous Sunnegga funicular for the first leg up the mountain, had a pricelessly scenic coffee, and then set off. We followed a spectacular contour path, with the Blauherd and Rothorn above left of us, and…

Day 2 14 miles Marmotte sightings: 1 The weather had closed in last night and we woke up to drizzle and a chilly 8 degrees.  We decided to see if Zermatt had some yoga on offer and managed to find a little studio with a combined Pilates and TRX class.  It was more 80s Germanic…

Day 1 13.1 miles Marmotte sightings: 0 Arriving in Zermatt, it’s impossible not to keep looking at the mesmerising sight of the Matterhorn, so our first run had to be heading straight for it, to the highest point you can get to before ropes etc are required. We decided our only possible option was to…

The mountains are calling and I must go — John Muir A daily update of trail running round the Matterhorn and Mont Blanc, summer 2019.