Entering Switzerland by ski from the Italian resort of Cervinia |
Skiers with a low sun, Zermatt |
Tip of the Matterhorn (4478m/14,692ft) |
Matterhorn |
Matterhorn |
Matterhorn Glacier Paradise cable car, Zermatt |
Matterhorn Glacier Paradise Cable Car reaches 3883m/12,736ft at Klein Matterhorn |
Klein Matterhorn (3883/12,736ft) is the highest of Zermatt's skiable terrain |
Trockener Steig - cable car station 2939m |
The Matterhorn from Trockener Steg |
A photogenic Swiss St. Bernard, complete with brandy flask |
...note the sunglasses.... |
Trockener Steg cable car station, Zermatt |
Matterhorn Glacier Paradise cable car |
Matterhorn Glacier Paradise cable car with the Matterhorn, Zermatt |
Matterhorn Glacier Paradise reaches the highest skiable terrain in Zermatt at 3883m giving a vertical drop of 2663m/7424ft |
Matterhorn Glacier Paradise cable car |
Matterhorn Glacier Paradise cable car |
Matterhorn Glacier Paradise cable car arriving at Trockener Steg |
Piste markings at Trockener Steg to Zermatt and the Furi and Furgg lift stations |
Skiers on a chairlift with the Matterhorn |
Matterhorn |
Matterhorn in winter |
Matterhorn in winter |
Peak of the Matterhorn |
The valley containing the resort town of Zermatt |
Matterhorn |
Restaurant Les Marmottes, Zermatt/Furi |
Furi, 1864m |
Restaurant Aroleidwald, in rustic Alpine style |
Matterhorn Express gondola runs from Zermatt to Schwarzsee Paradise |
Matterhorn from Zermatt |
Matterhorn from Zermatt |
Matterhorn from Zermatt |
Zermatt |
Zermatt |
Zermatt |
Zermatt |
Riding the Matterhorn Express gondola to Schwarzsee Paradise |
Matterhorn Express |
Matterhorn Express |
Schwarzsee Paradise station of the Matterhorn Express 2583m |
A pair of St. Bernards waiting for tourists |
Matterhorn |
Matterhorn |
Schwarzsee Paradise, Zermatt |
Zermatt, that way |
Skis planted, Schwarzsee Parasise, Zermatt |
The town of Zermatt is in the distant valley |
Schwarzsee Parasise, Zermatt |
Mountains around Zermatt |
Matterhorn |
Ski-piste 55 headed for the Matterhorn |
Matterhorn |
Skiing towards the pase of the Matterhorn |
Mountaineering base for climbers on the Matterhorn |
Matterhorn summit, 4478m |
Glaciers on the Matterhorn |
Skiers admiring the Matterhorn. It doesn't look that big from here... |
The closest to the Matterhorn we can get as skiers |
The Matterhorn shows its best profile on the Swiss side facing Zermatt |
The town of Zermatt, no cars |
Alpine huts above Zermatt |
Alpine huts above Zermatt |
Alpine huts above Zermatt |
Alpine huts above Zermatt |
Alpine huts above Zermatt |
Matterhorn from the top of the Riffelberg gondola |
Blue sky with the Matterhorn on a very good weather day |
Matterhorn |
Matterhorn with blue sky from the piste below Gornergrat |
Matterhorn with skiers |
Matterhorn, the most iconic mountain in the Alps |
Gornergrat Bahn cog railway from Zermatt to the summit of the Gornergrat 3089m |
Matterhorn |
Matterhorn on a fine winter day |
Matterhorn in winter, Zermatt, Swiss Alps |
Zermatt |
6-person chairlift to Gifthittli 2935m just below the Gornergrat Station |
6-person chairlift to Gifthittli 2935m just below the Gornergrat Station |
Zermatt ski terrain is for the most part beginner-intermediate (except Stockhorn) |
Groomed ski terrain descending from Gornergrat, Zermatt |
The iconic Matterhorn, Zermatt, Switzerland |
Zermatt |
Matterhorn, Zermatt |
Matterhorn, Zermatt |
Gornergratbahn |
Gornergratbahn |
The slopes surrounding Zermatt are full of restaurants with inviting terraces for taking a break |
Zermatt |
Swiss flag with the Matterhorn, Zermatt |
The Matterhorn is so captivating, one often ignores the other magnificient peaks - Dent Blanche (4357m/14,295ft) |
Hotel Restaurant Riffelberg, Zermatt |
The valley with the town of Zermatt looking north |
Gornergrat Bahn |
Another great terrace, Rifflealp |
From the summit of Klein Matterhorn (3883) you get a view of Mont Blanc, France, the highest Alp (4807m/15,771ft) |
Glacier Palace, Klein Matterhorn |
The Swiss carved a tunnel into the glacial ice on near the summit of the Matterhorn Glacier Paradise Cable Car |
Glacier Palace, Zermatt |
Gletscherpalast, Zermatt |
Sculpture carved from solid glacial ice, Glacier Palace, Zermatt |
Ice sculpture of two ibex, native to the Alps |
Ibex, Matterhorn glacier palace, Zermatt |
A real "ice bar", Zermatt |
A natural glacial crevasse |
Buddha, Glacier Palace ice sculpture, Zermatt |
Glacial ice at the Zermatt summer ski area |
Glacial ice, 3800m, Zermatt |