Pennine Alps > A fantastic spot in the Pennine Alps: the Grand Mountet!
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| PAROFES | New albums today | |
Voted 10/10 | You and I hehehe Outstanding shots Eric as usual. Cheers Paulo | |
| Posted Jul 18, 2011 8:35 am | ||
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| EricChu | Re: New albums today | |
Hasn't voted | Thanks Paulo! I'm going to check your new album out now! :-) Cheers, Eric | |
| Posted Jul 18, 2011 8:42 am | ||
| SenadR | .... | |
Voted 10/10 | Nice album Eric, i like those alpinenglow images. | |
| Posted Jul 18, 2011 8:40 am | ||
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| EricChu | Re: .... | |
Hasn't voted | Thanks a lot! You put up some nice pics today as well! | |
| Posted Jul 18, 2011 8:43 am | ||
| Noondueler | Great collection | |
Voted 10/10 | of shots Eric! What a marvelous place to spend the night. | |
| Posted Jul 18, 2011 9:12 pm | ||
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| EricChu | Re: Great collection | |
Hasn't voted | Thanks a lot, Windsor! The place is fantastic, and so was that full moon night with the glaciers all illuminated! It's just too bad I didn't have the tools to make successful photos of that - would have loved to have you there to help me! :-) Cheers, Eric | |
| Posted Jul 19, 2011 3:36 am | ||
| Marcsoltan | One of the best... | |
Voted 10/10 | albums ever. Just fantastic. | |
| Posted Jul 19, 2011 12:49 am | ||
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| EricChu | Re: One of the best... | |
Hasn't voted | Thanks so much, Marc! I was already starting to get a bit frustrated - was wondering whether I'd have any more opportunity this year to go to a place like that...Actually, it's fate that brought me to the Grand Mountet. Of course I had planned on visiting Zinal after five days of professional activity in Gstaad, but it was the other hut, the Cabane de Tracuit (no photo of mine I'm linking to...sorry :D) I had set my eyes upon. But as the indications were rather poor in Zinal, I missed the correct trail by following the Zinal valley to the very end instead of going straight up the eastern slope right from the village. This having become obvious, and as I didn't feel like marching back over a mile for nothing, I decided to do Mountet instead, of which I already knew that it's a fantastic spot as well. There's still more coming - I still have to make another selection from the something like 400 photos I took! :D Cheers, Marc, and I like very much the pictures you posted recently, Eric | |
| Posted Jul 19, 2011 3:51 am | ||
| Lodewijk | Fantastic | |
Voted 10/10 | Fantastic album Eric! All photos in it are beautiful...best album I have seen in a while. Lodewijk | |
| Posted Jul 19, 2011 4:46 am | ||
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| EricChu | Re: Fantastic | |
Hasn't voted | Thanks so much Lodewijk! This is a big compliment, coming from as first-class a photographer as you! Cheers, Eric | |
| Posted Jul 19, 2011 6:20 am | ||
| KoenVl | It surely looks like a... | |
Voted 10/10 | fantastic spot! What a great photo's! I would love to go there, it looks simply marvelous! Thanks for uploading them! Cheers, Koen. | |
| Posted Jul 24, 2011 7:57 am | ||
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| EricChu | Re: It surely looks like a... | |
Hasn't voted | Thanks very much for your comment, Koen! It is truly a great spot and also the base for quite a few of the great peaks of the Walliser Alpen! I feel so lucky to have been there in such fantastic weather and, now that I know Zinal, I want to go back there - there's also Cabane de Tracuit and Cabane de Moiry to discover... Cheers, Eric | |
| Posted Jul 24, 2011 8:17 am | ||
| markhallam | Heaven on earth! | |
Voted 10/10 | As you say, a fantastic place to spend the night - and naturally you captured it beautifully on your camera. I know all the mountains well, but from the other side. Looks as if all the climbs would be pretty serious this side - and I'd guess your Mountet Hut a fairly quiet place, without a warden? I'll keep a look out for your next photos - Pennine Alps are my favourite mountain range. Cheers, Mark | |
| Posted Aug 24, 2011 12:24 am | ||
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| EricChu | Re: Heaven on earth! | |
Hasn't voted | Thanks very much for your comment, Mark! Yes, the routes to all the peaks one sees there are technically quite demanding, I'm pretty certain about that! Zinal, even though well known among mountaineers, is a lot less "parade" than Zermatt on the other side of Zinalrothorn and Obergabelhorn, and for that reason the nature has been left far more intact than around Zermatt. This also makes it special. The Cabane du Grand Mountet, nevertheless, is a hut with a warden, where also meals are served and about 50 people can sleep. But luckily it is a quiet spot, yes! Thanks so much for your appreciation - I will certainly be posting more later on, also of the two recent mountain hikes I did in Austria, the Ankogel and the Larmkogel! Cheers, Mark, Eric | |
| Posted Aug 24, 2011 7:17 am | ||
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