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…
Buddha Shaped Rock
Buddha Shaped Rock
You all have learned about this Buddha from Athena Carey as she introduced this place with a brilliant, mystic and beautiful photo in her. What makes me post one…
Seracs Grand Combin
Seracs Grand Combin
Spring is ski touring season for the higher summits of the alps. As an exception this year's May, the forecast promised a non-rainy Sunday last weekend. What? No rain? Ok,…
Alluvial Soil Colors
Alluvial Soil Moiry
With a bit of light, colors are everywhere, even in my much loved blue-white dominated high alpine mountain world. The melting waters of Glacier de Moiry, located at the beginning…
Aletschhorn Through Fog
Giant Ice Pack
Last year at about the same day, Daniel Arndt and me escaped spring by going to the Alp's largest glacier area, the Aletsch region. As I wrote before, the Big…