Valais Alps 1999

Holiday in the Valais Alps from Saturday 3th July 1999 to Saturday 17th with Dave Storkey, Steve George, Richard and Dave Murray.

Images are © Jonathan Gregory 1999.

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

Leukerbad to Lämmernhütte, Sunday 4th
The next day we climbed Wildstrubel with Peter Stott and Andy Halley as well (Steve George joined us later in Zermatt).
04-028 Richard, Dave Murray, Dave Storkey and me outside the Lämmernhütte
Attempt on the Pointe de Zinal, Thursday 8th
We turned back on the Hohwänggletscher on account of deep snow, so did not reach the summit.
04-032 Dent d'Hérens 04-034 Matterhorn
04-035 Hohwänggletscher with Pointe de Zinal on the L
Attempt on the Dufourspitze, Saturday 10th
We turned back near the foresummit of 4500 m, not being confident on the rocks.
05-001 View down the Gornergletscher from about 4000 m, with the Matterhorn in the cloud above the left of the glacier and the Dent Blanche above the middle of it 05-003 Steve, Richard and Dave S at Sattel (4359 m)
Descent from Monte Rosa hut to Zermatt, Sunday 11th
05-004 View down the Grenzgletscher from near the Monte Rosa hut; it joins the Gornergletscher, which comes in from the R 05-005 View up the Grenzgletscher
05-006 Dave S and Steve on the moraine of the Grenzgletscher 05-007 Crossing the Gornergletscher
05-008 Pastures above Zermatt, Monday 12th
Sunegga to Täschhütte, Tuesday 13th
05-011 View of Mattertal from Sunegga; note the rockfall of 1991 at Randa on the L of the valley 05-012 View of Rimpfischhorn from Täschalpen
Alphubel (4206 m), Thursday 15th
We climbed the SE ridge from the Alphubeljoch.
05-016 Alphubel from Alphubeljoch 05-017 Dave coming up Alphubel SE ridge, with Strahlhorn behind him in sunlight, Rimpfischhorn to its R in shade, and Allalinhorn on the L of the picture
05-018 View of the Italian frontier ridge from the summit of Alphubel: Monte Rosa on the L, Liskamm in the middle, Castor and Pollux on the R 05-019 Dave on the descent from the Alphubeljoch, with Matterhorn behind
05-021 Alphubelgletscher and Chummibodmen on the descent to the Täschhütte, with Matterhorn in the cloud on the L
Rimpfischhorn (4199 m), Friday 16th
We climbed the S ridge from the Rimpfischsattel.
05-023 Rimpfischhorn from the Mellichgletscher; the summit is the point at the R end of the rock ridge 05-024 View of the S ridge from the summit
05-025 View of the N ridge from the summit, with the Allalinhorn beyond 05-026 Dave on the summit