This is the famous Matterhorn mountain from the alpine lake of Schwarzsee with its little chapel looking in the direction of the prominent Hoernli Ridge in the centre, the route followed by Edward Whymper during the first and tragic ascent on 15 July 1865 when some of his companions fell the entire length of the north face. The ridge to the far right is the Zmuttgrat. The iconic Matterhorn is the heart and soul of the Swiss mountain holiday resort town of Zermatt in the Swiss Canton of Valais as it was in 2000
This is the famous Matterhorn mountain from the alpine lake of Schwarzsee with its little chapel looking in the direction of the prominent Hoernli Ridge in the centre, the route followed by Edward Whymper during the first and tragic ascent on 15 July 1865 when some of his companions fell the entire length of the north face. The ridge to the far right is the Zmuttgrat. The iconic Matterhorn is the heart and soul of the Swiss mountain holiday resort town of Zermatt in the Swiss Canton of Valais as it was in 2000
Size: 6000px × 4662px
Location: Zermatt, Switzerland, 2000
Photo credit: © Allan Hartley / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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