Dent d'Herens
Dent d’Herens, Valais, Switzerland
Dent d'Herens is one of the fewer climbed 4000m+ peaks, maybe because you can't see it from any village in the valley, or maybe it's rather difficult to climb. However,…
Ten Minutes to Summit
“Good Climbing Weather”
Mountain photographers know that "good climbing weather" often is the opposite of "good photography weather". No clouds, just blue sky. Well, there are several possibilities to make the best use…
Storm Over Zinalrothorn
Storm Over Zinalrothorn
The mountain Zinalrothorn is one of my favourite peaks of the Swiss Alps. It's a very spikey and elegant peak (when seen from its northern or southern side) at 4'221m…
Alphubel
High Alpine Color
Light is everything. Being in the right spot is everything too ;-). This shot was made while climbing Mt. Täschhorn, 4'491 m / 14 734 ft this summer with Daniel Arndt.…
Little Big Matterhorn
Little Big Matterhorn
Thought you've seen enough images of the iconic Matterhorn already this summer? Not yet: Let me introduce the back side of this wonderfully shaped mountain, showing the Zmutt-Ridge (left) and…
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,…
Vertical Depth
Looking into the vertical depths of 2’300m / 7500ft
The weather was mixed the morning of the last day of Easter in Zermatt, so we decided to choose a "small" ski tour, starting at the top station of…