Category Archives: Skiing – Zermatt

An intruder in the snow-scape

Posted on Sun, 10 March, 2019 by LensScaper

To ski down you have to travel up. One of the ski areas above Zermatt is served by the Gornergrat cog railway that terminates at Gornergrat – a place that has featured repeatedly  in my posts. From there the skier … Continue reading →

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Sculpted

Posted on Wed, 6 March, 2019 by LensScaper

This image follows on from my previous post – Click here to view. Glaciers look totally different in summer from what they do in winter. This is the Gorner glacier (2,000ft below me) clad in its winter cloak of snow … Continue reading →

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Half buried but alive

Posted on Sat, 23 February, 2019 by LensScaper

Winter is tough when for several months you are half buried in snow, but the coniferous trees of the Alps are used to it and they do indeed survive. This image was taken within a minute or two of the … Continue reading →

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Matterhorn North Face

Posted on Tue, 19 February, 2019 by LensScaper

Skiing is the fastest way to move around the mountains, and it can get you to places that would take two or three hours to walk to. This is one of my favourite places in the Zermatt valley – Stafelalp, … Continue reading →

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Turn and turn again

Posted on Fri, 15 February, 2019 by LensScaper

I’ve just back from a week’s skiing with a new clutch of images that I am slowly working through. However, this panel of four was taken in a previous year. Skiing is a very dynamic sport – athletic, fast-paced, aggressive … Continue reading →

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Sundown

Posted on Fri, 20 February, 2015 by LensScaper

Sundown is always a magical time of day, more so in the mountains when in the space of half a minute the light radically changes. I had come down early off the ski slopes on this particular day and caught … Continue reading →

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The Gornergrat Railway

Posted on Mon, 16 February, 2015 by LensScaper

Zermatt’s high points in winter are not just the preserve of the skier. Anyone can ride the Gornergrat Railway to one of the great viewing platforms in the Alps, although the cost is significant. At the top, there’s a hotel … Continue reading →

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What a difference a day makes

Posted on Fri, 13 February, 2015 by LensScaper

The Red Piste ‘Fluhalp’ off the top of the Rothorn is one of my favourite runs in the Zermatt ski area. It has that indefinable combination of turns, narrows, rollers, broad sections of piste and a challenging final sustained schuss … Continue reading →

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Atmospheric

Posted on Thu, 12 February, 2015 by LensScaper

Mountain landscapes are often seen at their best when the atmospherics – light, shadow,  cloud and mist – combine to tease the viewer. It’s nature’s version of a striptease. Tantalising. You wait for the full reveal but it never happens. Somewhat … Continue reading →

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Revealed

Posted on Wed, 11 February, 2015 by LensScaper

Late morning on the second day’s skiing in Zermatt, the cloud cover that had oppressively shrouded the mountains started to thin and a watery sun appeared directly overhead as I reached the top lift station at Hohtalli. Was it going … Continue reading →

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