Gornergrat is the upper terminal railway station of the Gornergrat railway, a rack railway which links it with the resort of Zermatt. The station is situated at the summit of the Gornergrat, in the Swiss municipality of Zermatt and canton of Valais. At an altitude of 3,089 m above mean sea level, it is the highest open-air railway station in Europe. Near the station is the Kulm Hotel, a hotel and observatory.