Mattertal
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The Matter Valley is located in southwestern Switzerland, south of the Rhône valley in the canton of Valais. The village of Zermatt is the most important settlement of the valley, which is surrounded
A large debris fan, deposited by a rockslide in the 1990s, can be seen above the village of Randa in the Matter valley.
The Weisshorn above the Matter valley (background).
The Glacier Express along the Matter Vispa
Monte Rosa
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Monte Rosa is a mountain massif in the eastern part of the Pennine Alps, on the border between Italy and Switzerland. The highest peak of the massif, amongst several peaks of over 4,000 m, is the Dufo
Central Monte Rosa massif, with Dufourspitze to the south (right) and Nordend to the north (left), the Monte Rosa Glacier right below on its western wing, the upper Gorner Glacier on the left, and the Grenzgletscher to the right. The nearly vertical eastern wall (behind, not visible) has a height greater than the visible part in front.
The Macugnaga wall rises ca. 2400 m above the upper Anzasca Valley and is one of the highest mountain walls in the Alps.
The Monte Rosa with Po Valley behind it, under a layer of clouds
The east and north side with the 600-metre-high (2,000 ft) north face of the Nordend (as seen from the Strahlhorn)