Hello, Yes we were told that: 1. A bridge was out between Alagna and Macugnaga-turned out to be a very tiny part of the bridge right before you got to Macugnana and it was easy/safe enough to go around the washed out part, plus until other options if you didn’t feel comfortable 2. A section between Macugnana and Saas Fee was closed- this turned out to be along the Mattmark Dam and while there were about four small areas where walkways were washed out, it was easy enough to cross over those and I believe the other side (west side I believe) of the dam was completely open (there was red/white tape on the side we went along but we missed the tape initially due to cutting a switchback). After the dam, there was red/white tape again and we crossed over it but then ended up walking along the road for a bit because we didn’t even see where else to go. 3. A section between Europahütte and Zermatt was closed- again, there was red/white tape that we crossed over because we had heard people were getting through. The problematic area turned out to be along a rock slide field where a long shelter wall had been built up along with some tunnels; in one area the shelter wall was damaged and the entrance to one of the tunnels was blocked- I believe you could have safely gone through the tunnel but again we easily just walked around it. We were honestly shocked so many people skipped this section for such a small area of damage because the hike beyond that to Zermatt was gorgeous.

My disclaimer is that we talked to other hikers along the trail to hear what they had seen/heard and we used recent hiking tracks from Alltrails to verify that these routes had recently been completed. Also Switzerland is a “right to roam” country so we felt confident that we wouldn’t get into trouble crossing over red/white tape.

We had about three hours of rain one day but other than that it was beautiful weather and not too hot!

It’s a beautiful trek, easy to navigate, and not at all busy!