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.. :~)
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…
It took me around two hours to satisfy my photo-appetite in this beautiful ice palace! All photographs were taken without flash and with long exposures. This makes the ice glow as you can see on this stalagmite.
One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
William Shakespeare
Apart from animals you can find other beautiful things such as this carriage.
View from Trockner Steg – on the very left Rimpfischhorn (4199m) Strahlhorn (4190m) – then there is a ‘gap’ in the middle with the mentioned Gorner glacier and finally the Monte Rosa on the right.
*best shot of paradise ~ 3883m and a lot to see around you..
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!
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.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
Albert Einstein
You don't need to climb a mountain to know that it's high.
Paulo Coelho
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..
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 this second crazy-airplane-pic our holy Matterhorn has nice white background line.. :~)
Another picture from the Bahnhofstrasse, with Hotel Post in the view. The night life is bright until very late hours in Zermatt.
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.
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.
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.
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..
The structure of the ice is really lovely..
Not all that wander are lost.
Unknown
This should be a chamois. It is one the species living in the mountains around Zermatt.
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.. :~)
In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.
John Muir
This is a photo of the mentioned wall from a greater distance.
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.
This is how Zermatt looks from the gondola (Matterhorn Express) on the way to the Furi station.
On this picture you have a front view of the mentioned above-life-size sculpture.
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 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.