23August2004

On our second day in Zermatt, Parminder and I hiked from Zermatt to Schonbielhutte, one of the classic walks in the Alps. The walk provides a very close view of the north face and the huge base of Matterhorn. The Schonbiel hut (2694m) is maintained by Swiss Alpine Club (SAC) and surrounded by 4000m peaks and many glaciers.

	watering Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Matterhorn, Zmutt and Schoenbielhutte (Schonbiel Hut) near Zermatt Photograph taken on: 8/23/04
	morning sunlight Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Matterhorn, Zmutt and Schoenbielhutte (Schonbiel Hut) near Zermatt Photograph taken on: 8/23/04
	huts 1 Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Matterhorn, Zmutt and Schoenbielhutte (Schonbiel Hut) near Zermatt Photograph taken on: 8/23/04
	huts 2 Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Matterhorn, Zmutt and Schoenbielhutte (Schonbiel Hut) near Zermatt Photograph taken on: 8/23/04
	huts 3 Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Matterhorn, Zmutt and Schoenbielhutte (Schonbiel Hut) near Zermatt Photograph taken on: 8/23/04
	Zmutt 1 Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Matterhorn, Zmutt and Schoenbielhutte (Schonbiel Hut) near Zermatt Photograph taken on: 8/23/04
	Zmutt 2 Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Matterhorn, Zmutt and Schoenbielhutte (Schonbiel Hut) near Zermatt Photograph taken on: 8/23/04
	firs Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Matterhorn, Zmutt and Schoenbielhutte (Schonbiel Hut) near Zermatt Photograph taken on: 8/23/04
	waterfall Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Matterhorn, Zmutt and Schoenbielhutte (Schonbiel Hut) near Zermatt Photograph taken on: 8/30/04
	looking back Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Matterhorn, Zmutt and Schoenbielhutte (Schonbiel Hut) near Zermatt Photograph taken on: 8/23/04
	we go to Schoenbiel Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Matterhorn, Zmutt and Schoenbielhutte (Schonbiel Hut) near Zermatt Photograph taken on: 8/23/04
	stream 1 Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Matterhorn, Zmutt and Schoenbielhutte (Schonbiel Hut) near Zermatt Photograph taken on: 8/23/04
	island Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Matterhorn, Zmutt and Schoenbielhutte (Schonbiel Hut) near Zermatt Photograph taken on: 8/23/04
	hanging glacier Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Matterhorn, Zmutt and Schoenbielhutte (Schonbiel Hut) near Zermatt Photograph taken on: 8/23/04
	directions Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Matterhorn, Zmutt and Schoenbielhutte (Schonbiel Hut) near Zermatt Photograph taken on: 8/23/04
	the hut Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Matterhorn, Zmutt and Schoenbielhutte (Schonbiel Hut) near Zermatt Photograph taken on: 8/23/04
	Dent d'Herens 1 Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Matterhorn, Zmutt and Schoenbielhutte (Schonbiel Hut) near Zermatt Photograph taken on: 8/23/04
	Tiefmattengletscher Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Matterhorn, Zmutt and Schoenbielhutte (Schonbiel Hut) near Zermatt Photograph taken on: 8/23/04
	Dent d'Herens 2 Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Matterhorn, Zmutt and Schoenbielhutte (Schonbiel Hut) near Zermatt Photograph taken on: 8/23/04
	Stockjigletscher Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Matterhorn, Zmutt and Schoenbielhutte (Schonbiel Hut) near Zermatt Photograph taken on: 8/23/04
	yes, its Matterhorn Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Matterhorn, Zmutt and Schoenbielhutte (Schonbiel Hut) near Zermatt Photograph taken on: 8/23/04
	to mark my achievement I piled up all these stones, really Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Matterhorn, Zmutt and Schoenbielhutte (Schonbiel Hut) near Zermatt Photograph taken on: 8/23/04
	Stockjigletscher details Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Matterhorn, Zmutt and Schoenbielhutte (Schonbiel Hut) near Zermatt Photograph taken on: 8/23/04
	wanna scale that? Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Matterhorn, Zmutt and Schoenbielhutte (Schonbiel Hut) near Zermatt Photograph taken on: 8/23/04
	2694m Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Matterhorn, Zmutt and Schoenbielhutte (Schonbiel Hut) near Zermatt Photograph taken on: 8/23/04
	back Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Matterhorn, Zmutt and Schoenbielhutte (Schonbiel Hut) near Zermatt Photograph taken on: 8/23/04
	stream 2 Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Matterhorn, Zmutt and Schoenbielhutte (Schonbiel Hut) near Zermatt Photograph taken on: 8/23/04
	compact Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Matterhorn, Zmutt and Schoenbielhutte (Schonbiel Hut) near Zermatt Photograph taken on: 8/23/04