ZERMATT - Hotel occupancy held in the third week of July. High mountain guiding did not. More tours toward the glacier line were rerouted or cancelled after bare ice and rockfall. The village sold trains, lower walks and the view of a peak that does not require a rope.
The memory of Blatten, in our 2025 report, still governs how long a mayor will leave a path open.
September will count the ice
The later close-of-season note is here. July is when the cancellations first become a pattern rather than a weather day.