A typical local inhabitant living in the Matterhorn surroundings. Usually you can see their foot (hoof) prints but rarely the animal.. :~) (Shot at 300mm effective focal length.)
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.
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.
Nature is not a place to visit. It is home.
Gary Snyder
A little summary photo – Testa Grigia on the left and Furggsattel Gletscherbahn on the right.
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.
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.
Mountains are not fair or unfair - they are just dangerous.
Reinhold Messner
Snowflakes are one of natures most fragile things, but look what they can do when they stick together.
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A closer view of Hohtälli (3286m) station. It is connecting Gornergrat with Stockhorn, Rote Nase and Gant.
Many 4k peaks on this one – from the left: Weisshorn (4506m) – Dom (4545m) & Taschorn (4491m) – Alphubel (4206m) – Allalinhorn (4027m) – Rimpfischhorn (4199m) – Strahlhorn (4190m) + part of Monte Rosa
Another night shot, this time I was charmed by a nice bench made from a tree trunk (8 second exposure).
The first picture on this last page is a view of Matterhorn from higher altitude. The photo was taken at the Trockener Steg cable car station around 2939 meters above the sea level.
Snow flakes frozen on a window at Klein Matterhorn.
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.
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!
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.. :~)
The peak looks really spooky from this view. The right part of it is viewable from Switzerland and the left part from Italy …
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.
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[...]
Another animal sculpture – an eagle or a buzzard?
Not all that wander are lost.
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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.
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).
On this picture you can see a typical image of a very strong WEST wind. The cable-cars and chairlifts were closed with only one T-lift open in the Matterhorn glacier paradise.
Finally the front view of the wall – you can also see the position of the flowers that could be seen above.
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.
Another view of the nice white snow flame formed thanks to winds around 100-150 km/h on the summit.
The beautiful orange view of the Matterhorn peak, that was viewable only for a short time during the early mornings was so fascinating, that I had to take more and more photos!
One part of the palace has an orange back-lighting. This orange glow gives the ice a warm and also a very special feel.