Alps 2013

Alpine holiday from Saturday 13th July to Wednesday 31st, with Gabriel up to 20th, then with Neil.

Images are © Jonathan Gregory 2013.

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f004-0730 A familiar notice on Swiss railways.
Walking up the Zmutt valley to the Schönbielhütte from Zermatt, Sunday 14th
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Pointe de Zinal, Monday 15th
Pointe de Zinal (3789 m) via the Col Durand and the NE ridge.
f004-0694 Looking up at the Col Durand. The ridge on the L is part of the mountain but not the NE ridge. f004-0695 Dent d'Hérens.
f004-0698 Zmutt valley.
f004-0696 f004-0700 f004-0702 Matterhorn.
f004-0703 Ascending the Hohwänggletscher towards the Col Durand. f004-0709 View of Monte Rosa, Liskamm, Zwillinge, Breithorn and Matterhorn from the summit of the Pointe de Zinal.
f004-0710 Dent Blanche. f004-0712 Top of the NW ridge.
f004-0711 Looking down the NE ridge, the Col Durand and the Mont Durand (Arbenhorn), then rising up the Arbengrat to the Obergabelhorn behind; the peak on the L is the Zinalrothorn.
Breithorn, Tuesday 16th
Breithorn (4164 m) from the Klein Matterhorn cable car.
f004-0713 Dent Blanche, with the Pointe de Zinal in front of it. f004-0717 Gabriel leading up the Breithorn.
f004-0719 On the summit. f004-0720 Breihorn ridge with Liskamm behind, and Pollux and Castor to the R.
f004-0726 Breithorn seen from Klein Matterhorn. f004-0728 True, but not on this occasion.
f004-0729 River Mattervispa in Zermatt, very turbid with glacial sediment.
Blanc de Moming, Friday 19th
Blanc de Moming south summit (3657 m) via the SW ridge.
f004-0731 f004-0733 Climbing SW ridge. f004-0736 At the top of the ridge.
f004-0739 Our tracks to the summit, with the Obergabelhorn and Matterhorn behind. f004-0738 Arête du Blanc and the Zinalrothorn.
f004-0734 Trifthorn and Obergabelhorn. f004-0735 Pointe de Zinal and Dent Blanche.
Chamonix, Sunday 21st
Neil and I went up to the Couvercle hut with the aim of climbing Les Droites but it was too hot for good snow conditions. Instead we traversed La Nonne AD (no photos).
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Refuge des Conscrits from Les Contamines, Tuesday 23rd
f004-0743 Neil at the impressive bridge on the new route to the hut. f004-0746 f004-0747 Views from the hut
Traverse of the Aiguille de la Bérangère and the Dômes de Miage to the Refuge Durier, Thursday 25th
Unfortunately due to low cloud we didn't see anything along the way, but after we had arrived at the hut the cloud lifted.
f004-0749 f004-0751 Refuge Durier (in the first picture, it's the small box at the left end of the near ridge).
f004-0752 f004-0753 Dômes de Miage.
f004-0754 Aiguille de Bionnassay.
Aiguille de Bionnassay, Friday 26th
Traverse of the Aiguille de Bionnassay (4052 m) via the S ridge and the E ridge towards the Dôme du Goûter.
f004-0756 Mt Blanc with a lenticular cloud and strong wind. f004-0757 Dômes de Miage.
f004-0761 At the "meringue" (Martin Moran) on the E ridge, looking towards the Dôme du Goûter. f004-0762 Aiguille de Bionnassay.
Aiguille du Peigne, Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th
Aiguille du Peigne (3152 m) by the normal route AD. Arête des Papillons D+.
f004-0788 Glacier des Bossons and the Chamonix valley seen from the summit.
f004-0782 f004-0789 f004-0790 f004-0792 Chamonix aiguilles.
f004-0791 Aiguille du Midi. f004-0795 Aiguille du Peigne viewed from the top of the Arête des Papillons.
Aiguille du Midi, Tuesday 30th
Rébuffat route D+ on the Éperon des Cosmiques.
f004-0801 Mont Blanc du Tacul. f004-0802 Refuge des Cosmiques.
f004-0803 Éperon des Cosmiques. f004-0804 On the route.
f004-0805 Grandes Jorasses.