The 4th Day of the Tour

 

July 2nd, 2000 (Sun)
Gornergrat Observatory and Hiking

1. Gornergrat Observatory

At the next day, we went to Gornaergrat from Zermatt by Mountain Railway. Gornergrat is very famous for the observatory to see Matterhorn. It took about an hour from Zermatt by the train. The altitude of Gornergrat is about 3,400m. We had to be careful for mountain sickness.
It was really nice weather and we could see Matterhorn very very cliarly. The figure of Matterhorn was the most impressive mountain in this tour for me.

Morgen Rote - Matterhorn
Gornergrate Station and Matterhorn
Glacier from the Observatory

 

2. Hiking

We got off the train at one stop lower station from Gornergrat and started hiking. We also could see a lot of alpine flowers through this hiking. They say the highest season of the alpine flowers is from the mid June to the mid July. I could really enjoy taking photos of the flowers and the scenic landscape there. This three hour hiking satisfied us to feel this mountaneous country and the nature much. I was so sure that the essence of travel in Switzerland is Hiking!

 

Alpine Flowers 1
Alpine Flower 2 (Gentia)
Alpine Hiking

 

 

 

 

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