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.
Zermatt during the evening (the main street – Bahnhofstrasse).
*best shot of paradise ~ 3883m and a lot to see around you..
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.
This is yet another picture of Testa Grigia, which is situated on the border of Switzerland and Italy. One of the possible ways to get there is via two T-lifts from Trockner Steg.
On this picture you can see the tunnel from the inner side. The first part is not as nice as it could be, but when you get lower towards the blue light the nice things arise.
Below the church there is a churchyard with graves of many famous mountaineers, climbers.
It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.
Edmund Hillary
This is a flower frozen in ice – an interesting idea and even better craft.
Thanks to moderate snowfalls during the evening and the whole night the strong wind was blowing snow from all the higher peaks including the mighty Matterhorn..
It may seem really boring at this point for some viewers, because all the photos look so similar. I still like every single one and to say the truth many photos that I had taken have not been published over here at all..
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.
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.
Nature is not a place to visit. It is home.
Gary Snyder
One part of the palace has an orange back-lighting. This orange glow gives the ice a warm and also a very special feel.
Snowflakes are one of natures most fragile things, but look what they can do when they stick together.
Unknown
Another animal sculpture – an eagle or a buzzard?
On this picture you have a front view of the mentioned above-life-size sculpture.
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.
This is how Zermatt looks from the gondola (Matterhorn Express) on the way to the Furi station.
This photo was taken at a funny moment. An airplane was getting near Matterhorn so I ran inside for my camera and made a few pictures.
This is the view of the village from the Matterhorn Express Cabin on the way to the Furi station. Both Taschorn and Dom de Mischabel can be seen again on this picture.
This is a second look towards Gobba di Rollin. The wooden pillars that you can see on the left belong to the Ice Palace wall-reinforcements.
I took another ‘cabin’ photo with the peak a little bit hidden behind the hill. There is also a nice chapel as you can see on the foreground of this picture.
When you look from your window late in the afternoon you will please your eyes with a similar view of the village and Matterhorn.
A similar view as the #10 photo. This time you can see the Jungfrau region far in the middle on the horizon very clearly. This picture was taken in mid-February although it looks like in early November ~ global warming is no joke!
In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.
John Muir
One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
William Shakespeare
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.
The mountains will always be there, the trick is to make sure you are too!
Hervey Voge