The walls and the ceiling look tremendous and the whole place has beautiful atmosphere. It is also pretty cold inside. From the outside, the entrance, it did not look fancy. One would never think what treasures are hidden inside!
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..
Finally we are at the top! Actually not yet , because this is the end station of the cable car to the Klein Matterhorn. This photo was taken directly after getting of the cable car at around 3850 meters above the sea level.
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..
A closer view of Hohtälli (3286m) station. It is connecting Gornergrat with Stockhorn, Rote Nase and Gant.
Mountains are not fair or unfair - they are just dangerous.
Reinhold Messner
This is a photo of the mentioned wall from a greater distance.
View from the first platform at Klein Matterhorn on a very windy day. In the middle there is Castor (4226m) and on the left, the two big peaks, you can see Lyskamm West (4480m) and behind it Lyskamm East (4527m).
When you look from your window late in the afternoon you will please your eyes with a similar view of the village and Matterhorn.
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.
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.
It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.
Edmund Hillary
The end station of the cable car mentioned above. I cannot imagine how this thing got built! Lord of the Rings style.
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!
This is the Stockhorn station located at 3405 meters above sea level. This station operates from the end of January or even later depending on the snow cover.
This should be a chamois. It is one the species living in the mountains around Zermatt.
This is my favorite view of Breithorn (4164m). It looks like from a fairy tale thanks to the snow-hat on top of it. Far in the background you can also see Strahlhorn (4190 m).
On this picture you have a front view of the mentioned above-life-size sculpture.
Another view from Trockner Steg – on the very left Weisshorn and on the right twins Dom & Taschorn. Zermatt down the valley and the Jungfrau region far in the middle hidden in clouds with one peak visible.
This last photo of the Matterhorn gallery is a view of Matterhorn from the highest sightseeing platform in Europe accessible by cableway at 3883 meters above sea level! Can you get any higher? Without a hike :~D
The structure of the ice is really lovely..
*best shot of paradise ~ 3883m and a lot to see around you..
Apart from animals you can find other beautiful things such as this carriage.
Another animal sculpture – an eagle or a buzzard?
Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go.
T.S. Eliot
This photograph is taken at the same moment as the second picture above, just the Matterhorn peak is zoomed a little bit to give you an idea how hard it must be to climb this holy of “holies” …
Not all that wander are lost.
Unknown
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
Albert Einstein
The palace was built several meters below the surface in the glacier. On this particular picture you can see the second part of the entrance tunnel, which has blue back lighting.
This is a view of the Gorner glacier with the peak of Cima di Iazzi (3804m) hiding little bit left of the center..