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Category Archives: Walking in the Alps
Where once there was a glacier
Zermatt sits at the SE end of a side valley off the major Rhone valley. A road and a railway provide access to it via a twenty-mile, narrow, dramatic gorge; but if you want to travel further you use your … Continue reading
Posted in Walking in the Alps
Tagged Col d'Herens, Fluhalp, Glacial Retreat, Hydro, Lateral Moraine, Sediment, Stafelalp, Sustainability, Zermatt, Zmutt Glacier
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A shallow pool
As summer progresses and the snow melts, up high in the Alps, most melt water runs off down to the valley floors, but some remains trapped in shallow pools. This past summer, on days when there was no busting hurry, … Continue reading
Posted in Swiss Alps - Summer, Walking in the Alps
Tagged Melt water, Photography, rock pools
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A Place to Pause
Mountain walking is not always about the objective; there are days when one just wants to walk and soak up the landscape, listen to the quietness, and be at peace. Takehide Kazami – Japanese author, climber, and photographer wrote way … Continue reading
Swiss Choices
The choice today was: To hear the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra (who are here for a series of concerts) rehearse Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No 3 in Saas Fee Church for tonight’s concert (which we will miss because we will be … Continue reading
Posted in Swiss Alps - Summer, Walking in the Alps
Tagged Alpine Clover, Antrona Pass, Chamois, Furggtal, Jazzi Pass, Mattmark, Ofental, Saas Fee
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In Monochrome
This morning we awoke to thunder echoing round the mountains. It’s rained all day and mists have cocooned the village blotting out the world beyond. The rain has only finally stopped in the last hour. The camera has been forgotten … Continue reading
The Britannia Hut
A walk to the Britannia Hut is a pilgrimage for me whenever we come to Saas Fee because 51 years ago this summer, this was the first hut I ever visited (and stayed in) and from which I climbed my … Continue reading
Posted in Swiss Alps - Summer, Walking in the Alps
Tagged Allalinhorn, Britannia Hut, Felskinn, Hohlaubgrat ridge, Photography, Plattjen, Rimpfischhorn, Saas Fee, Strahlhorn
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Montagne de la Côte – in the steps of Balmat and Paccard
Today’s Post follows the route taken by Jacques Balmat and Dr Michel Gabriel Paccard on the first day of their two-day first ascent of Mont Blanc on 7-8 August 1786. The route starts from the commune of Les Bossons about … Continue reading
Follow the leader
Today’s two images were taken on the same day as the image in Wild Camping. Many of the images that I have taken in the Alps (which will be familiar to regular viewers of this blog) might be best ascribed … Continue reading
Posted in MountainScape, Swiss Alps - Summer, Walking in the Alps
Tagged Britannia Hut, Photography, Saas Fee, Snowfield, Valais Alps
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Crossing the Boulder Field
The path from the Britannia Hut back to Plattjen above Saas Fee in the Valais Alps is a delightful balcony walk. Narrow in places, it traverses a steep slope, and shortly before it reaches Plattjen the path winds its way … Continue reading
Posted in Walking in the Alps
Tagged Boulder Field, Britannia Hut, Plattjen, Saas Fee, Swiss Flag, Valais Alps
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The view from Stelisee
Our time in Zermatt is at an end. The last walk is completed and the last image taken. We visited the high Findeln valley today. One of my favourite destinations in this magical valley. The weather was part sunny with … Continue reading
Posted in MountainScape, Swiss Alps - Summer, Walking in the Alps
Tagged Findeln, Fluhalp, Matterhorn, Photography, Stelisee, Zermatt
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