Posts from the ‘Photography of ice and snow’ Category
Trainspotting at 2000 m.s.l.
An unusual location for trainspotting.
Towards Oberalp Pass.
The lighthouse at Oberalp pass in sight. The lighthouse marks the source of the Rhine river.
At the station at Oberalp Pass, 2044 m.s.l.
Back towards Andermatt
On the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn (MGB) from Andermatt to Sedrun (Switzerland). A train spotter on a roof’s top takes notes.
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Stay on track
… as I did on the cross-country slopes of Rothenturm, Switzerland. Click each picture to zoom in.
Skiing as act of rebellion
Pictures shot on empty slopes of Engelberg, Switzerland. Click each picture to zoom in.
You see me no more
Pictures with human traces shot in Ratenpass, Switzerland. Click each picture to zoom in,
Name your peak
Gross (1700 m.s.l.) and Chli Aubrig on the left, behind the Bockmattlipass (1,800 m.s.l.), Vorder Glärnisch (2,300 m.s.l.) and the Glärnisch (2,900 m.s.l.) on the right
The Sustenhorn peak (3,500 m.s.l.)
The Rigi peak (1,800 m.s.l.)
The Säntis massive on the left (2,600 m.s.l.), Mattstock (1,900 m.s.l.) in the center, the Chöpfenberg peak (1,900 m.s.l.) on the right
Pilatus (2,100 m.s.l.) behind Aegerisee.
Pictures shot in Ratenpass. Click each picture to zoom in.
Long shadows
Shadows on stage in Sechseläuten square, Zurich, Switzerland. Click each picture to zoom in.
The steepest
The steepest funicular railway of the world bring you up to Stoos in a few minutes: the slope is 110%, about 47 degrees.
Best way for reaching the valley-station of the railway .
The old railway, now out of business
The ride up to the pea with the new railway
The Mythen peaks just behind the first railway tunnel
The split track in the middle of the run
Pictures shot on the way to and from Stoos, Switzerland. Click each picture to zoom in.
Forbidden crowds
Pictures shot in Stoos, Switzerland. Click each picture to zoom in.