Posts about snow
Hiking in the snow at Le Noirmont
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Hiking in the snow between Le Noirmont and Le Creux-des-Biches in the Swiss Jura mountains.
A stomp in the snow
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Note to self. When the cloud is low, the snow is falling gently and the village paths are empty, get out and enjoy it.
2019 in review: Swiss winter landscapes
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For my first blog post in review of 2019, I decided to pick out a few of my favourite wintry photographs from last year in Switzerland, which show the kind of classical landscape photography I love.
The Lauberhorn flight
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I visit the wintry mountain-top viewpoint at Männlichen, above Wengen and Grindelwald, to photograph the annual combined Patrouille Suisse/SWISS airliner air show.
Blofeld’s Lair from the air
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Filming and photographing at the mountain-top restaurant made famous by James Bond.
Piz Gloria from the air
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This photograph is available to buy as a framed print in my Redbubble gallery.
Diemtigen Valley from the air
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Aerial sequences of the quiet and peaceful Diemtigal Valley in Switzerland.
As far as the barrier, and beyond
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I love the alpine Susten Pass road and the mountain scenery there, particularly the area around the Steingletscher glacier and nearby hotel. It’s been a long time since I’ve visited in spring—before the upper reaches of the road have been cleared—so Jo and I took a drive as far as the top snow gate near
Grindelwald, December 2017
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The best time to visit the mountain villages near our home is between the tourist seasons, when many hotels are closed and the valleys, cable cars and mountain cableways are much quieter. We drove up to Grindelwald shortly before Christmas, to visit the mountain restaurant at Schreckfeld, where deep snow and temperatures as low as
A cold, cold afternoon
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It had been a beautifully sunny start to the day, but by the time we’d driven up to Grindelwald, the clouds had taken over and the temperature had plummeted. We had to use a plastic loyalty card to scrape the ice from the inside of the cable car window, and the fondue at the mountain
Lauterbrunnen to Grütschalp
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Time-lapse video of the cable-car ride from Lauterbrunnen to Grütschalp in Swiss canton Bern.
Lombachalp–Augstmatthorn–Suggiture
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A testing and rewarding hike from the peat moorland of Lombachalp to two summits on the vertiginous Brienzergrat ridge.
The early bird and all that
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I was half an hour early for an appointment at the Spiez council offices this morning, so I went for a brief stroll through the woods to the top of the vineyards while I was waiting. It was so peaceful, with fresh powdered snow slipping silently from the trees and only two or three other people there
