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| Iconic viewpoint |
With a day or so off from guiding and a couple of nights in Zermatt, it's been nice to get some walking and photography done. Zermatt town itself gets bigger and busier year after year. It doesn't take long to walk from the centre of town and be away from the hustle and bustle of cafes, gear shops and jewellery outlets. You could very easily spend a week or more using Zermatt for a base. I first visited Zermatt in 1992. The mountains are as spectacular now as they were then.
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| Early morning. Zinal Rothorn & Weisshorn |
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| Monte Rosa group |
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| Castor, Pollution & Brighthorn |
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| Cloud burning off Weisshorn |
On Sunday morning I got out early doors. I was hoping to capture the atmosphere of some early morning clouds but by 0800 they had burned away in the warm sun. I saw no one until later in the day. Their was clear and great for photography. These images are all out of my cheap mobile phone camera.
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| The view of the Matterhorn from my balcony |
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| Before the crowds arrived |
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| Another view |
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| Hard to find a bad viewpoint anywhere |
On Monday I had just a few hours before my train back to Chamonix.
A stroll above Zermatt this morning before heading back to Chamonix and the start of another Walkers Haute Route trip.
You don't have to walk far from town before some wonderful viewpoints. One of my favourite walks is to the Schonbiel Hutte below the north face of the Matterhorn. This is a much quieter walk as no cable cars, trains or other forms of mechanical uplifts. Foot power to earn your views. Unfortunately I never had time to walk all the way to the hut.
The Butterflies in the region have been amazing this summer.
More of them on the proper camera.
The train journey from Zermatt to Chamonix is wonderful. 4 trains and of course they all connect within minutes of each other and all on time.
Meanwhile back home trains are distrupted again. Maybe the UK train system needs to have a long look into the amazing Swiss transport and how trains should be run.
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| Above Zermatt, stepping back in time |
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| Wonderful butterflies everywhere |
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| How it used to be |
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| The Matterhorn above Zmutt |
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| North face |
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| Lovely walking |
Here's a short video clip from Sunday.
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