Another view of the nice white snow flame formed thanks to winds around 100-150 km/h on the summit.
All around the palace you can look at ice sculptures. Apparently animals are a favorite motive!
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..
Apart from animals you can find other beautiful things such as this carriage.
Not all that wander are lost.
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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.
On this picture you have a front view of the mentioned above-life-size sculpture.
This photo was snapped from a hill that I conquered after a half-hour hike. I know this photo is nothing special, but I have to include it just for the sake of my memories. Every now end then I think of the deep snow and the slow approach towards the[...]
I cannot find a correct naming for this sculpture. Maybe it is a flower holder? Creative work!
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!
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
Here we have the first photograph from the cabin of the cable car. This thrilling view is available every day to everyone traveling to the Matterhorn glacier paradise.. :~)
This is one of my favorite photos that I snapped from the Trockner Steg. On the left you have the Gandegg T-bar lift and on the right Furggsattel Gletscherbahn that was closed due to wind at the time I took the photo.
Nature is not a place to visit. It is home.
Gary Snyder
One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
William Shakespeare
This is the highest ski lift in Europe, possibly in the whole world. It will take you to Gobba di Rollin enabling you to reach magnificent 3899 meters above sea level with any hiking. It operates only in the summer.
The peak looks really spooky from this view. The right part of it is viewable from Switzerland and the left part from Italy …
Mountains are not fair or unfair - they are just dangerous.
Reinhold Messner
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.
One part of the palace has an orange back-lighting. This orange glow gives the ice a warm and also a very special feel.
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.. :~)
A night view of the valley with house-lights and a shining cross..
In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.
John Muir
Territorial defense in action! Funny occasion..
Matterhorn full on with a nice foreground! This photo is one of my favorite morning shots..
This is a photo of the mentioned wall from a greater distance.
I will start with a picture of the entrance to the Ice Palace. It is located at around 3810 meters above see level. The entrance is rounded, like a tube, and takes you under the ground. As you can see, the architecture it is more functional than esthetic.
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I took this one during the afternoon. The funny thing is that I saw a very similar photo on a postcard down in a Zermatt shop. I guess we both intended to have a larch on the foreground :~) …
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…