 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 |