Alps 2001

Alpine holiday in Tirol, Engadine and Arolla, Saturday, 14th July 2001 to Saturday 2nd August.

Images are © Jonathan Gregory 2001.

See also the MOBILE VERSION of this album, and the OTHER ALBUMS.

Each thumbnail image below is a link to its own picture page, and each picture page has a link to the next one.

Tirol to Engadine
Richard Essery and I met at Bielerhöhe, SW Austria, by the Silvretta Stausee. On Sunday 15th we climbed Schneeglocke (3223 m) in poor weather. On Monday 16th we crossed into Switzerland and descended to Guardia in the Engadine.
15-025 Richard on the Austria-Switzerland border at Fuorcla Vermunt (2798 m).
15-024 15-023 Flowers (probably gentians) in the Prada da Tuoi
Morteratsch
Richard and I met Thomas Toniazzo at Pontresina and walked up to the Boval hut on Wednesday 18th. The weather in the next two days was poor.
15-021 15-020 Vadret da Morteratsch
15-018 View N from above Morteratsch down the Val Bernina towards Pontresina 15-019 Richard and Thomas
Piz Ot
Richard, Thomas and I climbed Piz Ot (3246 m) from Samedan on Saturday 21st. (Actually I did not go to the summit, being nervous of climbing on snow without the rope.)
15-014 View from Alp Muntatsch above Samedan of the upper Engadine and the Bernina peaks. The town on the left is Pontresina, on the right Celerina. The highest point visible on the nearer ridge at the middle is Piz Boval (3353 m). On the ridge behind it and just to the left is Piz Palü (3901 m) and the highest peak at the right of the picture is Piz Bernina (4020 m).
Aiguille de la Tsa
Richard, Thomas and I parted on Sunday 22nd at Samedan; I travelled to Arolla, where I met Claire del Sol and Steff Lewis. On Tuesday 24th we walked up to the Bertol hut, whence we climbed the Aiguille de la Tsa (3668 m) on Wednesday 25th.
15-005 Aiguille de la Tsa seen from Arolla on its W side 15-013 Bas Glacier d'Arolla, with Mt Collon on the L, on the way to the hut
15-007 Aiguille de la Tsa seen from the Glacier de l'Aiguille on its E side 15-008 Steff and Claire on the Aiguille de la Tsa
15-011 View down the S ridge 15-012 View SE of Matterhorn and Dent d'Hérens
15-009 View W with Pigne d'Arolla at the L, separated from the Pointes de Tsena Refien by the Glacier de Tsijiore Nouve, behind which stands the Mont Blanc de Cheilon, the highest peak in the picture
Aosta hut
Dave Storkey joined us in Arolla on 26th. The next day we walked to the Rifugio Aosta and climbed the Dent d'Hérens on 29th, but not to the summit.
15-003 Steff, Dave, Claire, me 15-002 Ice falls from the Haut glacier de Tsa de Tsan
Aosta hut to Zermatt
We travelled from the Aosta hut via the Col de la Division and the Col de Valpelline to Zermatt on Monday 30th.
16-028 16-029 Sunrise on the Bouquetins (I think)
16-025 Matterhorn, Zmuttgrat on the L 16-026 Dent d'Hérens
16-021 Steff and Matterhorn 16-022 Claire and Dent d'Hérens
16-023 Dave 16-024 Dent Blanche on L with Wandfluehorn at the foot of its S ridge
16-020 Dent d'Hérens 16-019 View ENE from Col de Valpelline down on Stockji, with Rimpfischhorn and Strahlhorn behind it
16-018 Matterhorn 16-017 Dent d'Hérens
16-016 Tiefmattengletscher between Dent d'Hérens and Stockji 16-015 Rimpfischhorn and Strahlhorn seen over Tiefmattengletscher from the S flank of Stockji
16-014 Dent d'Hérens at centre, separated by Tiefmattengletscher from Stockji on R, with the moraines of the Schönbielgletcher, which enters from the R 16-013 Waterfall on the path down the Zmutt valley from the Schönbielhütte
16-012 Matterhorn with Hörnligrat on L and Zmuttgrat on R
Rothorn hut
Dave and I walked up to the Rothorn hut from Zermatt on Tuesday 31st. We attempted the Zinalrothorn on Wednesday 1st but Dave was too ill to climb so we turned back at sunrise.
16-011 At Vieliboden on the hut climb, before starting the final moraine 16-010 View from Vieliboden of the Italian frontier ridge: Monte Rosa, Liskamm, Castor and Pollux, Breithorn
16-007 The same view from Triftgletscher before dawn 16-004 Castor and Pollux, Breithorn, Klein Matterhorn at sunrise
16-008 Matterhorn and morning star, Hörnligrat on L
16-003 16-002 Artificial cows in Zermatt