James Gaston

30 May 2021

Night 10: Zermatt (1,608 m)

29 May 2021

River out of Zermatt

28 May 2021

Golf anyone?

27 May 2021

Dredging the Matter Vispa

26 May 2021

Map of Randa

26 May 2021

Randa station

25 May 2021

St. Niklaus

24 May 2021

Jungen from Grachen

23 May 2021

Grachen hotel view

22 May 2021

Night 9: Grachen (1,620 m)

21 May 2021

Down to St Niklaus

20 May 2021

In the air

19 May 2021

Take off

18 May 2021

Waiting

17 May 2021

Jungen lake

16 May 2021

Jungen cable car station

15 May 2021

Jungen (1,960 m)

14 May 2021

Next stop Jungen

13 May 2021

On to Jungen

12 May 2021

Map of Oh Wow

12 May 2021

Oh Wow panoramas

11 May 2021

Oh Wow! (2,480 m)

10 May 2021

Never said I liked heights

9 May 2021

Trail overlooking Matter valley

8 May 2021

Map of Matter valley lookout

8 May 2021

First look at the Matter valley

7 May 2021

Adios scree

6 May 2021

More loose rock

5 May 2021

A rocky sea

3 May 2021

Water's edge

2 May 2021

Wildlife

1 May 2021

Leaving Augstbord

30 Apr 2021

Map of Augstbord pass

30 Apr 2021

Augstbord pass (2,894 m)

29 Apr 2021

Augstbord pass ahead

28 Apr 2021

Panoramic view

27 Apr 2021

Checking the camera

26 Apr 2021

Map of Gruben to Augstbord Pass

26 Apr 2021

Looking south

25 Apr 2021

Above tree line

24 Apr 2021

Paul on the trail

23 Apr 2021

Frosty

21 Apr 2021

Night 8: Hotel Schwarzhorn

20 Apr 2021

Map of Gruben

20 Apr 2021

Gruben (1,818 m)

19 Apr 2021

Standing in the greenery

18 Apr 2021

Mountain meadow

17 Apr 2021

View from trail to Gruben

16 Apr 2021

Turn right

15 Apr 2021

A couple of locals

14 Apr 2021

Down from the Meidpass

13 Apr 2021

Scree

12 Apr 2021

Map of Meidpass

12 Apr 2021

Meidpass (2,790 m)

11 Apr 2021

Dressed for the rain

10 Apr 2021

Above tree line

9 Apr 2021

The hike to Meidpass

8 Apr 2021

Just off the funicular

8 Apr 2021

Tracks

7 Apr 2021

The funicular

6 Apr 2021

Where's that funicular?

5 Apr 2021

On the bus

4 Apr 2021

Night 7: Hotel Alpina (1,553 m)

3 Apr 2021

View from the dam

2 Apr 2021

Lac de Moiry dam

1 Apr 2021

Map of the lake

1 Apr 2021

Turquoise and purple

31 Mar 2021

Lac de Moiry

31 Mar 2021

Mountains, stone, and ice

30 Mar 2021

Lac et Glacier de Moiry

29 Mar 2021

Lac des Autannes (2,686 m)

28 Mar 2021

Hiking down from Col de Torrent

27 Mar 2021

Map of Col de Torrent

27 Mar 2021

Col de Torrent (2,919 m)

26 Mar 2021

Looking up at Col de Torrent

25 Mar 2021

A field of scree

24 Mar 2021

Stone building overlooking valley

23 Mar 2021

Paul heading for the next col

22 Mar 2021

Valley view

21 Mar 2021

Down to two

20 Mar 2021

Slate roof

19 Mar 2021

After dinner

18 Mar 2021

Preparing raclette

17 Mar 2021

Nights 5+6: Evolene (1,371 m)

16 Mar 2021

Pyramides d'Euseigne

15 Mar 2021

Vex

14 Mar 2021

Down from the dam

13 Mar 2021

Grande Dixence dam

12 Mar 2021

Paul at Lac des Dix

11 Mar 2021

Map of Lac des Dix

11 Mar 2021

Lac des Dix

10 Mar 2021

The Grande Dixence

9 Mar 2021

More of that damn scree

8 Mar 2021

Hiking down the torrent

7 Mar 2021

Torrent de Chennaz

6 Mar 2021

Night 4: Cabane de Prafleuri (2,657 m)

5 Mar 2021

Prafleuri in shadow

4 Mar 2021

Steinbock

3 Mar 2021

Map of Col de Prafleuri

3 Mar 2021

Col de Prafleuri (2,987 m)

2 Mar 2021

Almost to the top

1 Mar 2021

Scrambling

28 Feb 2021

Rock climbing

27 Feb 2021

Rocks, peak, lake, and moss

26 Feb 2021

Glacier Grand Désert

25 Feb 2021

Hiking through scree

24 Feb 2021

Hard to miss

23 Feb 2021

River crossing

22 Feb 2021

The lake between cols

21 Feb 2021

Map of valley between the cols

21 Feb 2021

The valley between the cols

20 Feb 2021

Descending the col

19 Feb 2021

Col de Louvie (2,921 m)

18 Feb 2021

Trail from Cabane to Col de Louvie

18 Feb 2021

As in Dharma and

17 Feb 2021

Glacier de Corbassiere (again)

16 Feb 2021

A sea of scree

15 Feb 2021

Glacier de Corbassiere

13 Feb 2021

Yours truly

12 Feb 2021

Built of stone

11 Feb 2021

Reflection

10 Feb 2021

Skirting Lac de Louvie

9 Feb 2021

Leaving Louvie

8 Feb 2021

Relaxing before dinner

7 Feb 2021

Spring flowers

6 Feb 2021

Map of Louvie

6 Feb 2021

Night 3: Cabane de Louvie (2,250 m)

5 Feb 2021

Lac de Louvie

4 Feb 2021

First glimpse of Louvie

3 Feb 2021

Switchbacks

2 Feb 2021

Taking a rest

1 Feb 2021

Gotta move on

31 Jan 2021

One last look

30 Jan 2021

Trail and waterfall

29 Jan 2021

Above Fionnay

28 Jan 2021

Setting out for Louvie

27 Jan 2021

Cascade de Fionnay

26 Jan 2021

Squeezing through Champsec

25 Jan 2021

On the road to Fionnay

23 Jan 2021

Goodbye Champex

22 Jan 2021

Champex Lac

21 Jan 2021

Night 2: Champex Lac (1,470 m)

19 Jan 2021

Champex Lac

18 Jan 2021

Just a little farther

17 Jan 2021

Hiking to Champex

16 Jan 2021

Alpage de Bovine

15 Jan 2021

Paul and yours truly in the fog

14 Jan 2021

Emily in the fog

13 Jan 2021

Goodbye Trient

12 Jan 2021

Night 1: Trient (1,300 m)

11 Jan 2021

Trient

10 Jan 2021

On the road

9 Jan 2021

Day 1: we start hiking

8 Jan 2021

Lunch in Finhaut

7 Jan 2021

Map of Finhaut

7 Jan 2021

Finhaut station

6 Jan 2021

View from the train

5 Jan 2021

From Chamonix to Zermatt