Mountainscape - Swiss Alps

Clouds among the mountain peaks.

Walk to the Britannia Hütte - Swiss Alps

A path leading to the Bitannia Hütte is marked in the snow from the Feldskinn station. In the Winter, the same route is opened and can be traveled with ski equipped with seal skins.

Above the sea of clouds - Swiss Alps

The Feldskinn station is located at 3'000 m where cable car must be exchanged for an underground train to reach the highest skiable point on the Allalin, at 3'500 m.

Snow is present all year long at these altitudes and skying is possible on the glacier, between Feldskinn and Allalin.

Capricious weather - Swiss Alps

Carrying almost 12kg of photographic equipment for the second day in a row trying to find chamois or ibexes (500mm lens, tripod, picture taken with 24mm, etc), the weather turned to the worst and I found myself in the middle of a cloud under a slight drizzle, 2h25 away from the village of Saas Fee. The rock landscape under the heavy and moving white cover was eery and mysterious, which made the walk worth it anyway. Unfortunately, no success in finding any wild animals this day!

Glacier - Swiss Alps

Further up the mountain the tongues of the Fee Gletscher had received a little snow overnight. Although in August, altitude limit for snow fall came down to 2'500m as temperatures had dropped substantially.

Following the shape of the rock base, the glacier forms crevasses and seracs on its gentle way downhill.

The path of the glacier - Swiss Alps

Over the past 50 years, the glacier above Saas Fee has shrank substantially. This valley used to be entirely under the ice. We can still see the tip of the tongue of the glacier up left and streams of meltwater.

Marmots in the Swiss Alps

When young marmots meets they usually get into a friendly fights. Adults have a different attitude.