Alps 2010

Alpine holiday from Friday 17th July 2010 to Saturday 31st, firstly based in Grindelwald with Gabriel and Tim, then travelling around with Neil.

Images are © Jonathan Gregory 2010.

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

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Jungfraujoch to Mönchsjochhütte, Sunday 18th
We walked up from Grindelwald to Kleine Scheidegg and took the Jungfraubahn.
63-024 View from near Jungfraujoch down the Jungfraufirn to Konkordiaplatz, where the Fülbärg is the spiky skyline on the L of the picture, and beyond down the Grosser Aletschgletscher; the gap where the glacier turns R and out of sight is Märjela, and the peak at the back is Helsenhorn (I think). 63-022 Gabriel and Tim squinting into the sun, with the observatory on the Sphinxstollen behind.
Views from Mönchsjochhütte
63-018 The near ridge is the start of the Fieschergrat, and behind the cloudy valley stand the Wetterhorn and Mittelhorn. 63-017 Wetterhorn, Mittelhorn and Rosenhorn.
63-015 Schreckhorn and Lauteraarhorn on the skyline; the nearer ridge is the Fieschergrat. 63-016 Dreieckhorn on the L rising to Aletschhorn on the R.
Mönch, Monday 19th
We climbed the Mönch (4099 m) by the normal route from the hut.
63-014 A party behind ascending the final arête. 63-012 Grosser Aletschgletscher seen from the summit; the gap ahead where the glacier turns R is Märjela, the peak behind it is Helsenhorn, and the peak on the skyline at the R is Monte Leone (I think).
63-010 The peak on the left of the group at the back is Wetterhorn with Mittelhorn and Rosenhorn to its R.
Gross Grünhorn, Tuesday 20th
We attempted to climb Gross Grünhorn by its W snow slope and reached the col but did not have time for the summit.
63-007 Dreieckhorn and Aletschhorn seen from the slopes of Gross Grünhorn.
Chamonix to Torino hut, Sunday 25th
Neil and I took the Aiguille du Midi cable-car and walked across the upper Vallée Blanche and the Glacier du Géant to the Torino hut.
63-005 Looking up at the Grands Mulets and the Dôme du Goûter from Bossons railway station. 63-003 Aiguille du Midi.
64-037 View N up the Chamonix valley from near the Aiguille. 63-004 64-036 Mont Blanc du Tacul.
63-002 64-034 Les Grandes Jorasses and the peaks of the Rochefort Arête, with the Dent du Géant at the R.
64-035 Cosmiques arête. 64-033 Cosmiques arête and hut seen from Pointe Lachenal.
64-032 Neil on Pointe Lachenal.
Aiguille de Rochefort, Monday 26th
We traversed the Rochefort Arête as far as the Aiguille de Rochefort (4001 m).
64-031a Arête de Rochefort in the foreground, Dent du Géant on the right, Mont Blanc at the back, viewed from Aiguille de Rochefort. 64-030 Dôme de Rochefort and Grandes Jorasses viewed from Aiguille de Rochefort.
64-029 64-028 Arête and Aiguille de Rochefort seen from near the Dent du Géant, the start of the ridge.
64-025 Mont Blanc seen from near base of the Dent du Géant. 64-024 Cosmiques Arête and Aiguille du Midi seen from the base of the Dent du Géant.
Lyskamm, Wednesday 27th
On Tuesday we took buses through the Mont Blanc tunnel and in the Aosta valley to Gressoney la Trinité, then cable-cars to the Gnifetti hut. From there we climbed Lyskamm (4527 m) via the S ridge and descended the E ridge (normal route) to the Lisjoch.
64-023 Vincent Pyramide seen while climbing the slope of Il Naso below the S ridge. 64-022 View S from the same point; the distant peak on the horizon is Monte Viso (I think).
64-021 View down the E ridge from the summit of Lyskamm. 64-020 Gornergrat and Gornergletscher in the middle ground, Weisshorn on the skyline on the L, Mischabel peaks on the R, seen from Lyskamm.
64-018 Summit of Lyskamm seen from E ridge. 64-019 Signalkuppe, Parrotspitze and Ludwigshöhe seen from the E ridge of Lyskamm. After Lyskamm we went to Weismiess but the weather and snow were too bad for summit or photography.