The Swiss Alps! The Pennine Alps on the border with Italy.Our first view of the Matterhorn from Zermatt around 8:30 am. Beautiful early morning light made our getting up early worth the effort.We have taken the underground funicular Sunnegga to enjoy the Matterhorn today. Zermatt is car free so you park out of town and take a train in. From our apartment it took us about 2 hours to get to this starting point of our hike.We start on the marmot trail which follows the next lift up about 1,000′ – morning stairmaster with a view!The Stellisee is the first lake on the 5-Lake-Trail. Such a gorgeous and clear day – how fortunate we are today. We are wishing the breeze on the lake to subside…We lingered here for almost an hour and we got the best possible view ever! We are very happy and this was definitely worth getting up early to be one of the first here this morning.Stellisee reflecting the Matterhorn. Can you believe this is real? It felt a bit surreal to have this experience.We walked above Stellisee to enjoy views of the valley, fall colors, and the excellent panorama. And behind us …Monte Rosa is a massif comprised of several peaks, including Dufourspitze- 15,203 ‘ (4,634 meters) -claiming the title of Switzerland’s highest peak. There are several large glaciers here too, including the Gorner but this is probably a photo of Findel glacier.We could not resist zooming in on the peak of the snaggletooth Matterhorn peak. Because really, how many times could you get this photo?!?! The height is 14,685 ‘ , the 6th tallest Alp!The next lake we stopped at was Grindjisee with some pretty reflections. We enjoyed the larch trees as they are changing color and ready to drop their needles.The water of Moosjisee was very glacial – teal sky color!Our parting view of the Matterhorn. We had a great day enjoying this iconic slice of Switzerland.
