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Tag Archives: Mischabel
After Rain
After rain, low-lying clouds fill the valleys in a constant state of flux. Looking back down the valley my eye was attracted to the roof-lines echoing the ridge lines of the lower slopes of the Mischabel chain of mountains.
Posted in Swiss Alps - Summer
Tagged Black and White Photography, Clouds, Mischabel, Monochrome, Photography, Zermatt
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After the storm – dusted with snow
Yesterday’s storm is in the past. Today dawned with mist swirling round the valleys and wreathing the peaks. A quick snap before breakfast. Do click any image to see an enlargement – the quality and sharpness is vastly better. By … Continue reading
Posted in Black & White, Swiss Alps - Summer
Tagged Black and White Photography, Dom, Mischabel, Photography, Saas Fee, Taschhorn
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The view from Almagelleralp
It’s mid June and so far we’ve had a mere handful of warm sunny days. In less than a week’s time it will be the longest day and then the evenings will draw in on the long descent into gloom … Continue reading
Posted in MountainScape, Swiss Alps - Summer
Tagged Almagelleralp, Dom, Lenzspitze, Mischabel, Mischabel Range, Mountain Photography, Nadelhorn, Photography, Saas Almagell, Saas Fee, Saastal, Taschhorn
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The Mischabel Mountains
Today’s image links back to a series of three Posts that I uploaded earlier this year about The Dom – Switzerland’s Highest Mountain – the central summit of the Mischabel Mountains. Click the link to go to the first in … Continue reading
Posted in MountainScape
Tagged Almagelleralp, Dom, Lenzspitze, Mischabel, Nadelhorn, Photography, Saas Fee, Swiss Alps - Summer, Switzerland's Highest Mountain, Taschhorn, Valais Alps
16 Comments
Lenticular Clouds
It’s a common occurrence in the Alps for a cloudless sky in the morning to be replaced by a slow build-up of Cumulus clouds over the mountains as the day progresses. Sometimes those cloud formations can be extraordinary, bizarre and … Continue reading
Climbing the Dom – The Summit Climb
This is the final instalment of a three-part series on Switzerland’s Highest Mountain – The Dom. Click any image in this post to see an enlargement. Part 1 introduced the mountain with Mountainscapes from nearly all sides. Part 2 followed … Continue reading
Posted in Climb and Trek, MountainScape
Tagged Alpine Mountaineering, Climbing the Dom, Dom, Dom Festigrat, Dom Hut, Dom North Flank, Mischabel, Mountainscape, Photography, Saas Fee, Valais Alps, Zermatt
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Climbing the Dom – The Hut Climb
This is the second of a series of three posts about the Dom (Switzerland’s highest mountain). If you have not read the first post then you will find it helpful to read it now before continuing to read this. Click … Continue reading
Posted in Climb and Trek, MountainScape
Tagged Alpine Glow, Alpine Mountaineering, Dom, Dom Hut, Matterhorn, Mischabel, Mountainscape, Photography, Sunset, Valais Alps, Zermatt
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Switzerland’s Highest Mountain
In two weeks we shall be back in Zermatt, Switzerland and increasingly my mind is already heading out there. So it seems an appropriate time to post something that is both Swiss and connected with my love of mountains. Click … Continue reading
