In a Helicopter over the Swiss Alps

Some impressions captured on a flight in the Bernina area

This is the helicopter arriving for our flight	Over Pontresina	Climbing	Pontresina valley	Towards Morteratsch glacier
Lower end of Morteratsch gacier	Towards Bernina group of mountains	Thomas finding his way up	Low pass over the glacier	Turning right
Climbing to 12'000 feet	Some mountain climbers are visible	Higher up - border to Italy	Top of Eastern Switzerland	Flying Southwest
It's simply wonderful - two climbers in the center	Looking North-West	Close to the slopes	Fresh snow	Towards the sharp peak
Aiming for the gap left of the peak	Going through this gap	A climber's cabin at the Italian side	Looking down Morteratsch glacier	Proceeding further west
Climbers in the center ...	... are approaching this beautiful peak	Approaching other mountains ...	... while flying at 120 knots	Glacier fields
A lot of deep cracks	Reflected sun	A valley towards Italy	Helicopter cockpit instruments	More mountains ...
... and glaciers	It's beautiful ...	... to see formations of rocks and ice	Approaching another ....	... vertical cliff.
Another gap ...	... to fly through	Gate to another valley	A dam for hydro-electric generation	The valley towards Maloja-Pass
A village in the lower right corner ...	... and slopes with gravel slides	Approaching the upper Engiadina valley	Maloja Pass ...	... and lake Maloja
Entering the high valley ...	... taking a pano with three shots ...	... flying over lake Maloja ...	... and along the rocky slopes	The highest airport of Europe in the far center
Julier-Pass	Alps	A remote alpine lake	Samedan village	Samedan airport - landing again
Landing