This is a view of the Gorner glacier with the peak of Cima di Iazzi (3804m) hiding little bit left of the center..
One part of the palace has an orange back-lighting. This orange glow gives the ice a warm and also a very special feel.
Finally the almighty Monte Rosa (4634m)! The highest point on the Monte Rosa is Dufourspitze – on the right, which is the highest peak in Switzerland, and the second highest peak of the Alps.
Territorial defense in action! Funny occasion..
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 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.
I cannot find a correct naming for this sculpture. Maybe it is a flower holder? Creative work!
A detail of the architecture (Zermatt’s church).
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.
*best shot of paradise ~ 3883m and a lot to see around you..
Inside you can also find a wall made of transparent ice bricks. Each brick has a its own charm!
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.
A view from Klein Matterhorn to the Italian valley – Testa Grigia (3480m) the end station of the cable car from Cervinia. You can see Mont Blanc on the horizon a little bit to the left from the middle. To be able to spot Mt. Blanc a bit easier you[...]
Another night shot, this time I was charmed by a nice bench made from a tree trunk (8 second exposure).
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!
A closer view of Hohtälli (3286m) station. It is connecting Gornergrat with Stockhorn, Rote Nase and Gant.
The top of this 4478 meters high mountain is certainly beautiful and also very steep!
When you look from your window late in the afternoon you will please your eyes with a similar view of the village and Matterhorn.
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 :~) …
From the left: Dom (4545m) & Taschorn (4491m) – Alphubel (4206m) – Allalinhorn (4027m) – Rimpfischhorn (4199m) – Strahlhorn (4190m)! Below these giants you can see the skiing area Rothorn paradise & Gornergrat!
Mountains are not fair or unfair - they are just dangerous.
Reinhold Messner
Another animal sculpture – an eagle or a buzzard?
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[...]
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..
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..
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” …
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.
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 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.
My favorite panorama from Klein Matterhorn.. A lot can be seen on this pano – French Alps (Mont Blanc), Swiss Alps (Matterhorn, Dent Blanche, Obergabelhorn, Zinalrothorn, Weisshorn, and many others) + part of the Italian Alps …