Zermatt’s Matterhorn Glacier Paradise network of mountain lifts connects the Valais resort with the highest cable car station in Europe (3,883 metres above sea level).

Valais Cantonal Police say two climbers set out from Zermatt to climb the Matterhorn via the Hornli Ridge, but when they failed to return as scheduled, Air Zermatt mounted a rescue mission.

And the Matterhorn delivers—as long as you don't mind seeing it with the crowds. But it's not the 14,692-foot-high behemoth in the rugged canton of Valais that most deserves attention these days.

GENEVA, March 10 (Reuters) - Police in Switzerland's Valais canton on Sunday were searching for six people who went missing during a ski tour that departed from the Alpine town of Zermatt.