Tag Archives: Gornergrat

An intruder in the snow-scape

Posted on Sun, 10 March, 2019 by

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 →

Posted in Skiing - Zermatt | Tagged , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Sculpted

Posted on Wed, 6 March, 2019 by

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 →

Posted in Skiing - Zermatt | Tagged , , , , , | 12 Comments

Specks of Humanity

Posted on Mon, 4 March, 2019 by

One of the difficulties I face as a photographer, who also skis, is how to portray the vastness of the mountain-scape through which we travel. One of the answers is to include fellow adventurers in the image. When fellow skiers … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , | 11 Comments

Water Grass

Posted on Wed, 29 August, 2018 by

Where there are mountains there are likely to be lakes – large or small. The Zermatt valley is a classic example,  with a number of small lakes among the high mountains. Some are filled from glacial meltwater and are recently … Continue reading →

Posted in Swiss Alps - Summer | Tagged , , , | 12 Comments

Rock Strata

Posted on Thu, 21 September, 2017 by

On the margins of the Gorner Glacier there are some extraordinary rock formations. Striped rocks, blue-grey alternating with shades of yellow, rippled and twisted – evidence of the colossal forces at work hundreds of millions of years ago that laid … Continue reading →

Posted in Swiss Alps - Summer | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 26 Comments

The Gornergrat Railway

Posted on Mon, 16 February, 2015 by

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 →

Posted in Black & White, Skiing - Zermatt | Tagged , , , , , , | 20 Comments

Revealed

Posted on Wed, 11 February, 2015 by

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 →

Posted in Skiing - Zermatt | Tagged , , , , , , | 16 Comments

A Day of Two Halves

Posted on Sat, 9 August, 2014 by

It’s easy to be overwhelmed by the photographic possibilities of a distant place. This, I think, is particularly true of holidays in the mountains. There are the ever-changing vistas and panoramas encountered when out walking that change as you walk … Continue reading →

Posted in Alpine Flowers, MountainScape, Swiss Alps - Summer | Tagged , , , , , , | 10 Comments

Monte Rosa – twice

Posted on Wed, 26 March, 2014 by

I was fantastically lucky with the weather last week. A week’s skiing in Zermatt included 6 days when the sun shone out of a predominantly blue sky. On only one morning out of the six, the day started with high … Continue reading →

Posted in MountainScape | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 12 Comments

Nature’s Abstracts

Posted on Tue, 18 March, 2014 by

A week or more ago I wrote about how it can be difficult to find something new to say about a place that has been re-visited several times and well documented photographically. Looking steeply down onto the Gorner glacier from … Continue reading →

Posted in MountainScape | Tagged , , , , | 17 Comments