I will start this gallery with a view of the whole village. Even though it was mid-February (2007) the winter in Europe was extremely mild as you can see.
Snow flakes frozen on a window at Klein Matterhorn.
Finally the front view of the wall – you can also see the position of the flowers that could be seen above.
Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go.
T.S. Eliot
Zermatt during the evening (the main street – Bahnhofstrasse).
Magnificent place, imposing atmosphere, majestic view, splendid memories!
On this picture you have a front view of the mentioned above-life-size sculpture.
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This is how Mont Blanc can be seen from the Klein Matterhorn viewpoint. There was a lot of snow blown into the air by wind, so the photo is not that clear and pretty.
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..
From the left: Zinalrothorn (4221m) – Weisshorn (4506m) – Dom (4545m) – Taschorn (4491m) – Alphubel (4206m) – Rimpfischhorn (4199m) – Strahlhorn (4190m) – Monte Rosa (4634m) – Lyskamm (4527m) – Breithorn (4164m)
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..
Another picture from the Bahnhofstrasse, with Hotel Post in the view. The night life is bright until very late hours in Zermatt.
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 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[...]
Below the church there is a churchyard with graves of many famous mountaineers, climbers.
A view from a hill near Hörnli at around 2780 meters above sea level. You can see Monte Rose, Lyskamm, Breithorn, Klein Matterhorn and other peaks.
The top of this 4478 meters high mountain is certainly beautiful and also very steep!
A little summary photo – Testa Grigia on the left and Furggsattel Gletscherbahn on the right.
Apart from animals you can find other beautiful things such as this carriage.
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” …
The tram that connects Furi-Trockner Steg & Trockner Steg-K.Matterhorn. Holds more than 100 people, travels 10m per second and is huge! Here we can see one departing from Trockner Steg station towards Klein Matterhorn.
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 mountains are calling and I must go.
John Muir
Another animal sculpture – an eagle or a buzzard?
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 end station of the cable car mentioned above. I cannot imagine how this thing got built! Lord of the Rings style.
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!
*best shot of paradise ~ 3883m and a lot to see around you..