Tag : Switzerland

Another photo of Lake Lucerne, Switzerland. 

Just stumpled upon this nice photo (in my opinion) when cleaning the archive (=deleting photos). I took this back in January in Saas Fee, Switzerland. This is a part of the mountain named Allalinhorn (4.027 m / 13.212 ft).

A view of the Vierwaldstättersee (Lake Lucerne) in Switzerland. The “Lake of the Four Forest Cantons” (german translation of Vierwaldstättersee) is surrounded be the 4 original cantons Uri, Schwyz, Unterwalden and Lucerne.

The dark and cold days are coming ….

About the photo: last week we spend some days in Switzerland and visited some really nice places. This photo was taken from the Furkapass (2.436 m / 7.992 ft.) looking westwards. The highest mountain in the center is the Finsteraarhorn (4.274 m / 14.022 ft.). The lake in the foreground is the Totensee (Death Lake) [...]

“Täschhorn” (4.490 m / 14.731 ft) and “Dom” (4.545m / 14.911 ft) in early morning sun. Saas Fee, Switzerland.

I took this on a photo-tour with u.linder on the top of the Allalin (Saas Fee, Switzerland, 3.500m / 11.483ft). As we reached this rock the sun just disappeared behind the 4.027m high Allalinhorn behind us. This was the first and last picture I took with a little light left on the rock. We waited a [...]

This is a part of the mountain Allalin (3.500 m / 11.483 ft), Switzerland. There’s a fixed rope route leading to a monument. Maybe we’ll climb to this peak next summer. Must be a fantastic view from there. In the distance you can see the Stellihorn (left) and the Joderhorn (right).