Lac de Moiry
Lac de Moiry
Almost exactly 2 years ago I went to Moiry for a nice climb to Pigne de la Le. We expected dry rocks, but a summer snowfall changed conditions. We had…
Matterhorn Sunrise
Matterhorn Sunrise
A few days after the Zermatt Photowalk of +Swiss Photography Club G+, Daniel Arndt and me climbed Mount Täschhorn, 4'491m. Starting before sunrise, the alpinist photographer has the pleasure to…
Bad Weather Climbing
Bad Weather Climbing
July is high season for high alpine climbing - if weather permits. As this is rarely the case on weekends this year, you have to be flexible. Starting in Grindelwald,…
Glacier Meets Lake
Glacier meets Lake
The Big Aletsch Glacier is the largest Glacier of the Alps, some 24 km long and approx 900m thick at a maximum. There are several spots where the glacier shows…
Underwater Snow
Spring Has Come
As you can see, in the mountains there is always some spring and some winter - it just depends on the altitude. Last weekend I had only one day…
Crushed Ice Anyone
Crushed Ice Anyone?
This image was selected as one of the 10 TOP Google+ Photographs for June 28, 2012 by PhotoExtract.com. In the mountains, making the right decisions means a lot. If they…
Jungfrau Schneehoren Silberhorn
Jungfrau Schneehoren Silberhorn
The current summer temperatures let me post a rather cool photo this monday... LTR: Jungfrau, 4'158m / 13 641 ft, Schneehoren, 3'402m / 11 161 ft and Silberhorn, 3'695m /…
Lee Waves
Lee Wave Clouds
You know, I love the white and blue of high mountains and ice, and I love to do most of my photographic work up there. But I also like infrequent…
Aiguille du Gouter
Crimson Sunset Montblanc
Some weekends ago, Daniel Arndt and me went to Chamonix and ascended the hut Grands Mulets. As we planned to start the next day as early as 1 a.m., we…
First Light Aiguille du Midi
Aiguille du Midi Sunrise
Many of you already visited Aiguille du Midi, Chamonix, France. Aiguille du Midi provides the second highest cablecar top station of Europe with 3'777m / 12 391ft (Klein Matterhorn top…