Alps 2000

Alpine holiday from Saturday 5th August to Sunday 20th, firstly in the Upper Engadin with Dave Storkey, Mike Cullen, Claire del Sol and Steff Lewis, then in the Mattertal with Dave, Mike and Andy Halley.

Images are © Jonathan Gregory 2000.

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Pontresina to Coaz Hut, Sunday 6th
We went up to the Coaz Hut in poor weather and climbed Il Capütschin the next day.
12-037 Vadret da Tschierva
Coaz Hut to Pontresina, Tuesday 8th
12-034 View down Val Roseg from Coaz Hut 12-036 La Sella on the L and Piz Glütschaint (3594 m) on the R from Coaz Hut
12-032 La Sella and Piz Glütschaint above the Vadret da Roseg
12-030 12-031 12-029 Vadret da Roseg calving into the lake in the upper Val Roseg
12-027 Iceberg on the lake 12-026 La Sella and Piz Glütschaint on the L, La Muongia in the centre, Il Capütschin on the R
12-028 Tadpoles 12-024 Approaching the Muot da Crasta, the bottom of the upper Val Roseg
12-025 Biancograt and Piz Bernin, above the Vadret da Tschierva 12-023 Piz Bernina on the L, Piz Roseg on the R, above the Vadret da Tschierva
12-022 Dave on the moraine, with La Sella and Piz Glütschaint behind
Fortezzagrat, Wednesday 9th
Starting from the Diavolezza Hotel, we ascended to about half-height on the Fortezzagrat, then abandoned the attempt because of poor weather.
12-021 Piz Bernina under the cloud on the R 12-020 Piz Morteratsch under the cloud on the R
12-018 On Isla Persa 12-017 Climbing the Vadret da la Fortezza
12-016 Fortezzagrat on the R
Views from Munt Pers (3207 m) above the Diavolezza, Thursday 10th
12-013 Claire and Steff 12-015 Piz Palü (3901 m)
12-014 Piz Bernina (4049 m), Biancograt (Crast' Alba) on R 12-012 Piz Bernina and Piz Prievlus, with the Vadret Pers in front, meeting the Vadret da Morteratsch behind
12-011 View N over the Berninapass
Piz Palü, Friday 11th
Starting again from the Diavolezza, we traversed Piz Palü (from W to E), then proceeded along the Bellavista Terrace to the Marco e Rosa hut.
12-010 Piz Palü 12-009 Piz Bernina
12-008 12-007 Climbing the W peak of Piz Palü
12-006 Arête between the W and central peaks 12-005 Piz Bernina seen from the central peak of Piz Palü
12-004 View back to the W peak 12-003 View towards the E peak
Zermatt to Dom Hut, Tuesday 15th
12-002 Matterhorn seen from Zermatt 12-001 Andy (waving), Dave (with hat) and Mike at the Dom Hut
Dom, Wednesday 16th
We climbed the Dom (4545 m) from the Domhütte
13-037 Matterhorn (4478 m) on the L, Weisshorn (4505 m) on the R 13-036 Zinalrothorn and Weisshorn
13-035 Matterhorn and Obelgabelhorn 13-034 Weisshorn seen from the summit of the Dom
13-033 Matterhorn, Obergabelhorn and Zinalrothorn 13-032 View ENE across Saastal
13-031 View NE to Lenzspitze 13-030 Dom summit cross and view S of Rimpfischhorn
Breithorn and descent to Zermatt, Saturday 19th
13-028 Pollux and Castor 13-027 Dave under the Breithorn
13-026 Zermatt and the Mattertal 13-025 Dom and Täschhorn on the L, Alphubel in the centre, Rimpfischhorn on the R
13-024 Obergabelhorn, Trifthorn and Zinalrothorn 13-023 In Zermatt