Tag Archives: Zermatt

The Frontier Ridge

Posted on Wed, 20 March, 2013 by

Since Winter shows few signs of lessening its grip, I’ve opted to return to a wintry scene for today’s post. So today we are back on the ski slopes high above Zermatt with a couple of B&W images of what … Continue reading →

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Glacial Movement

Posted on Wed, 13 March, 2013 by

In the summer of 2011 while on holiday in Zermatt I crossed the Gorner Glacier on a trip to see the new Monte Rosa Hut. Click here to see my post on the ‘Monte Rosa Hut Trail’. During that same … Continue reading →

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Wintry Reflections

Posted on Wed, 20 February, 2013 by

Building design has changed dramatically since the invention of the float glass process by Sir Alastair Pilkington in the 1950s. We have moved a long way from the idea that windows are merely fenestrations in the external walls of a … Continue reading →

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Edward Whymper – a portrait of the climber as a young man

Posted on Wed, 13 February, 2013 by

Whymper’s name is indelibly intertwined with Zermatt and The Matterhorn as a result of his part in the tragic first ascent of the mountain in 1865. I have already written at length about Whymper and his links with Zermatt in … Continue reading →

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Ancient and Modern

Posted on Mon, 11 February, 2013 by

Development of our towns and cities is a fact of life. It also extends to Alpine villages like Zermatt. I can’t remember when I last visited Zermatt and didn’t see the village’s skyline interrupted by at least one crane: the … Continue reading →

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One heading up, and three down

Posted on Sat, 9 February, 2013 by

Another image taken from a chairlift; this one from the Eya-Sunegga chair in the Rothorn ski area of Zermatt. Being suspended anything up to 50 feet above the ground gives an entirely different, and unique, bird’s-eye perspective of everything going … Continue reading →

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Spindrift

Posted on Mon, 4 February, 2013 by

After the snowfall we finally got a sunny day yesterday. Coupled with plunging temperatures (-15C) and squally wind. It’s a rare day when everything is perfect in the mountains in winter. High wind meant that some lifts remained closed and … Continue reading →

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In Monochrome

Posted on Sat, 2 February, 2013 by

It snowed all yesterday and some of this morning too. The skies were grey, the snow was white, the light was flat. There was no natural colour in the landscape. So, converting today’s images to B&W was  very straightforward and … Continue reading →

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Snow Fall

Posted on Fri, 1 February, 2013 by

It’s been snowing all the daylight hours today, Friday, as I write this. Currently it has stopped but more is forecast for tomorrow. Now, I don’t mind the occasional bit of skiing in flat light or whiteout, provided there is … Continue reading →

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Gornergrat Classics

Posted on Wed, 30 January, 2013 by

No trip to Zermatt, summer or winter, can be complete without a trip up to Gornergrat on the Gornergrat railway. And today was the perfect day for it: almost Spring-like temperatures and blue skies with the occasional fleck of harmless … Continue reading →

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