The Jungfraujoch observatory (3,471 metres above sea level) built above the Aletsch glacier.
(swiss-image.ch/Christof Sonderegger)
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It’s a long way on this untouched snow to the Lötschenlücke (3,173m) via the Grosse Aletschfirn. To the top right, very small, are the Hollandia mountain huts.
(Sputnik)
The Lötschental with the Lang glacier and the Lötschenlücke.
(Roland Zumbühl)
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On an excursion around the Oeschinensee (1,578 m) above Kandersteg in the Bernese Oberland. In the background, the Blümlisalp peak (3,661m).
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Skiing above Kandersteg, towards the Gemmi Pass.
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A high path near the southern side of the Lötschberg, above the Rhone Valley.
(swiss-image.ch/Valais Tourism)
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Baltschiedertal: an ancient wooden water duct.
(Roland Zumbühl)
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Left to right: Spring Pasque Flower (Pulsatilla vernalis), Clusius' Gentian (Gentiana clusii), Mountain Avens (Dryas octopetala).
(Rolf Amiet)
The Villa Cassel, the Pro Natura headquarters on the Riederfurka, above the Aletsch glacier.
(Keystone/Pro Natura)
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The Aletsch region in Valais.
(pixsil/Gilbert Vogt)
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Walking along the great Aletsch glacier.
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The Aletsch glacier in 1890-1900.
(Wikipedia / "Views of Switzerland in the Photochrom print collection" from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J--foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905)
The Maerjelen lake on the edge of the Aletsch glacier.
(Keystone)
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Stairs leading to the Concordia hut.
(Sputnik)
View from the Oberaarjoch hut. In the background the Gross Wannenhorn.
(RDB/Ed. Bachmann)
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Walkers near the Gauli glacier in the Urbachtal, in the Bernese Oberland.
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Schreckhorn and Lauteraarhorn from the Diamantstock: front left, the Hienderstock, right, the Bärglistock and the Gauli glacier.
(de.wikipedia.org)
Full moon above the Wetterhorn near Grindelwald, from Kleine Scheidegg, Feburary 17, 2003.
(Keystone/Eddy Risch)
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Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau.
(Wikipedia/Jackph)
A pictorial journey through this mountainous Unesco World Heritage site.
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