One of the many reasons that we decided to stay for a week in the Wallis was to give us the chance to see the
Matterhorn. And, given
my history with the Matterhorn and bad weather, we wanted to give ourselves time in the area so that we could be almost sure of having at least one day of good weather in which to see the famous mountain.
We ended up having good weather basically the whole week, but I think that we ended up choosing the nicest day to go hike around the Matterhorn.
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| Finally seeing the Matterhorn! |
The sky was clear, the temperature was perfect, the sun was warm and friendly, and all of the mountains were out. (Although the Matterhorn did decide to be the only mountain in the area with a cloud hovering around it all day long.)
We stopped for a picnic lunch by the Stellisee, with beautiful views of the Matterhorn and all of the mountains in the valley.
My favorite part of
the hike that we did was the part through the pine forest. With the warmth of the sun to release the aromas, the smell of the larch and pines was really heavenly.
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| Having a break for a Coke. |
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| Taking the train at the end of the day. |
Really, if you could bottle up a day in the mountains, this would have been the perfect day.
