Heli & High Peaks

Nowhere else in the Alps places terrain this serious beside comfort this complete, with the Matterhorn watching over every line you draw in the snow.

Because Zermatt itself is car-free, your arrival is arranged by private transfer to the valley, followed by a short, discreet onward leg into the village. Your Forest Travel advisor sequences it for you, so the journey in feels as easy as the days that follow, and each evening you return to a private chalet where a fire, a bath and an unhurried dinner are waiting.

Fitness is rewarded here. Our advisors suggest a few weeks of preparation, which turns a good week into an unforgettable one. The days hold long runs through the middle of the day and untracked couloirs beneath the Matterhorn, with a certified guide reading the mountain hour by hour. The wild is met on your terms, and warm, slow evenings balance the effort.

A private guide and helicopter access transform the mountain; the finest experiences here are never found on the marked pistes. By private helicopter you lift off from the valley onto snowfields no cable car will ever reach, and a certified guide who has spent a lifetime learning where the snow holds and where it lets go leads you down untracked couloirs beneath the Matterhorn.

6 days is what we suggest for Heli & High Peaks, enough to do it without rushing. Each day follows a clear rhythm: dawn briefings over coffee, long runs through the middle of the day, and warm, slow evenings back at a private chalet. Those days can hold private helicopter lifts onto snowfields no cable car reaches, untracked couloirs beneath the Matterhorn with a certified guide, and a quiet lunch on a high glacier shelf facing the Monte Rosa massif. A few weeks of preparation beforehand makes the most of them.

As a private, tailored journey it starts from roughly US$18,500 per traveler (double occupancy) and scales with your dates, party and level of privacy — a starting point, never a fixed package price. Your advisor confirms the figure once the itinerary is tailored.

For the helicopter drops and untracked couloirs at the heart of this journey, go December through March for pristine alpine snow; late winter into spring brings the most stable snow and the longest, brightest days aloft. June through September offers a different Zermatt, with green valleys, warm lakes and clear summit days. Your advisor times the trip to the light, the crowds and your own calendar.

Yes. On Heli & High Peaks in Zermatt, you can pause on a high glacier shelf for a quiet lunch flown in ahead of you, with the Monte Rosa massif filling the horizon in every direction. Like every experience on this journey, it is arranged privately and shaped to you, a calm midday interlude between long runs through untracked terrain.

In Zermatt, your certified guide reads the mountain hour by hour, drawing on a lifetime of learning where the snow holds and where it lets go. Each day of Heli & High Peaks begins with a dawn briefing over coffee, before the helicopter lifts you onto snowfields no cable car reaches and the guide leads you down untracked couloirs beneath the Matterhorn.

After a day on the mountain in Zermatt, you return each evening to a private chalet where a fire, a bath and an unhurried dinner are waiting exactly when you are. On Heli & High Peaks, the evenings are warm and slow by design, balancing dawn briefings and long runs through the middle of the day, so the wild is met on your terms, never at the cost of comfort.