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Posts about melchsee frutt

  • The first part of my personal retrospective of a year which – to my eternal relief – wasn’t as bad on a personal level as it could easily have been.

  • Melchsee-Frutt, Switzerland

    Abrupt sunsets

    Sunsets in the mountains are different from those over flatter landscapes.

  • Hotel Posthuis in Melchsee Frutt gets a shiny new website, to say thank you for all their hospitality through the years.

  • Experiencing vertigo for the first time on a high-alpine route in the mountains above Melchsee-Frutt.

  • Review of 2013

    With surprising alacrity, it’s time to flick back through my digital album as we approach the end of 2013, and the end of another year behind the camera. Here are a few highlights; a larger set is on Flickr. My favourite memory of 2013, embodied in the lead photo of this blog post (above) is…

  • Shots from a day trip to the small, local alpine ski resort of Melchsee Frutt in canton Obwalden.

  • Alphorn on the Bonistock

    A lone musician plays alphorn music on the Bonistock mountain peak, high above the lake and village at Melchsee Frutt in canton Obwalden.

  • Above the clouds

    The “Nebelmeer” (lit. sea of cloud) is a fabulous meteorological phonemenon at this time of year, caused by a band of dense cloud sealing cold air beneath it in alpine valleys.

  • One Way Up

    The single track road from Stöckalp in the Melchtal valley up to the ski resort of Melchsee Frutt is… an experience.

  • A view of the lake shore at the tiny mountain village of Melchsee Frutt in canton Obwalden, Switzerland.

  • A winter weekend

    In January of 2005 – five years ago this week – Jo visited me in Switzerland for the first time. These photos show our wonderful time together.