Switzerland - Schwarzhorn - 9.5.2009
Ride the gondola from Grindelwald to First (2166m)... then follow the signs for Schwarzhorn (2928m)... ~8 miles roundtrip, gaining 3038 feet of elevation.
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Denali Girl on the trail to Schwarzhorn... looks like marginal weather conditions.
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A dusting of snow from last night will make this one a little tricky.
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Denali Girl continues towards Schwarzhorn in the distance.
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The weather has improved and looks promising.
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Passing by Gemschberg.
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Schwarzhorn is in the middle of the photo... Gemschberg in the right foreground.
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Passing by some interesting horns.
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Gemschberg.
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Climbers go left to Schwarzhorn... and hikers to the right.
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We took the hikers route and are looking at the climbers route... note the ladders on the two steps along the ridge.
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A closeup of the climbers route... showing the two ladders.
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Denali Girl on the hikers route... it is slippery.
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Looking over at the climbers route... clouds are forming.
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Denali Girl getting higher on the hikers route.
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Clouds chasing Denali Girl up the hikers route.
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Denali Girl still climbing on Schwarzhorn.
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Clouds are now on the summit.
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Looking across the valley we can see the summit of Schreckhorn.
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Schwarzhorn summit carin... very limited visibility.
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Another hiker is coming over to the summit.
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Wish we had this kind of weather today... the photo was taken a few days later... Schwarzhorn is the highest point... with Gemschberg on the right.
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On the way down now... visibility seems to be improving down lower.
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Still ugly looking back at the summit area.
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We can see Grindelwald in the valley... very slow going... took longer to get down the snowy area than it did to go up.
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Looking across the valley to the gorge that separates Schreckhorn and Eiger.
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Clouds still hanging on the climbers route to Schwarzhorn.
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Schreckhorn (4078m) in the distance on the left... the pyramid furtherest away is Finsteraarhorn (4274m)... the highest mountain in the Bernese Alps.
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Gross Fiescherhorn across the valley.
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First.
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Pano shot of Schreckhorn and Gross Fiescherhorn across the valley.
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Schreckhorn.
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Wetterhorn summit area.
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Wetterhorn.
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Wetterhorn.
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