The end station of the cable car mentioned above. I cannot imagine how this thing got built! Lord of the Rings style.
I took the pictures for this panorama around 6:30am with long exposures. It was snowing over night so I felt the photos might have a ‘polar’ feel..
Another view of the nice white snow flame formed thanks to winds around 100-150 km/h on the summit.
The beautiful orange view of the Matterhorn peak, that was viewable only for a short time during the early mornings was so fascinating, that I had to take more and more photos!
On this picture I focus on the Testa Grigia (3480m). You can see the end station of a cable car and also a few restaurants that are pretty cheap if you take into account how high you have your lunch served!
The last photo is a sparkling icy ceiling. I hope you enjoyed this Ice Palace section as much as the other galleries and you will have time to visit this fantastic high-altitude sensation on your own.
One of the first things you will see after the entrance is a big sculpture of Buddha. On this photo you can see its profile.
On this second crazy-airplane-pic our holy Matterhorn has nice white background line.. :~)
This photograph might give you an idea how the Gornergrat (on the right) is situated. It is also connected with Hohtälli via cable car. On the photo you can also see a little black box between the two stations – that is Stockhorn.
One part of the palace has an orange back-lighting. This orange glow gives the ice a warm and also a very special feel.
A little summary photo – Testa Grigia on the left and Furggsattel Gletscherbahn on the right.
Mountains are not fair or unfair - they are just dangerous.
Reinhold Messner
I cannot find a correct naming for this sculpture. Maybe it is a flower holder? Creative work!
I really love nature and photography and when I have a bit of luck one photo can make me happy for weeks and months. This lovely bird is pretty much the case and it has been nesting on my desktop as a wallpaper for a while..
A detail of the architecture (Zermatt’s church).
This picture makes me happy mainly because of the Matterhorn model in the foreground. This silhouette made of snow looks pretty much like the real Matterhorn in the background! Impressive…
When I am looking at this photo I still feel the light morning wind that was blowing at the time I was taking this photograph. It was half past seven AM, around -1°C and the orange sunshine was cutting the mountain’s top…
From the left: Zinalrothorn (4221m) – Weisshorn (4506m) – Dom (4545m) – Taschorn (4491m) – Alphubel (4206m) – Rimpfischhorn (4199m) – Strahlhorn (4190m) – Monte Rosa (4634m) – Lyskamm (4527m) – Breithorn (4164m)
Zermatt during the evening (the main street – Bahnhofstrasse).
On the foreground of this picture there are two pillars of two cable cars. The first bigger cable car pillar is used for various transportation purposes. The second cable car is for transportation of ski-snowboard-freaks.
Twin peaks in the middle – on the right is the Taschorn (4491m) and on the left Dom (Dom de Mischabel – 4545m). Even though Dom is not the highest peak in Switzerland, it is the highest mountain completely in Swiss territory.
The first picture on this last page is a view of Matterhorn from higher altitude. The photo was taken at the Trockener Steg cable car station around 2939 meters above the sea level.
Weisshorn is yet another mighty mountain that can be found in the Valais canton. Weisshorn is a 3 ridged pyramid with its peak at 4506m! Pennine Alps do really have impressive peaks.
Lets have a look at my favorite Furggsattel Gletscherbahn. This six-chair started operation during 2006 and improved the Matterhorn ski area. It was early in the morning and the slope was hit by a shadow of Klein Matterhorn.
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Here we have Dent Blanche – 4356m. If you look from higher placed places around the ski area of Zermatt it can be seen as the first peak left of Matterhorn.
This photo is also among my most favorite pictures that I have taken during my stay in Zermatt. It is really hard to say if there is a nicer place on Earth.. :~)
The structure of the ice is really lovely..
A typical local inhabitant living in the Matterhorn surroundings. Usually you can see their foot (hoof) prints but rarely the animal.. :~) (Shot at 300mm effective focal length.)
Not all that wander are lost.
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