Cornelia Mertens

Evening light on a granite summit, crowned by an old stone fortification.

10 August 2024

Winterstock

A very demanding T6 high tour to the Winterstock (3203 m) above the Furka — wild granite and firn to a lonely, seldom-climbed summit.

Details coming soon.

Dawn at a rocky bivouac camp with a red tent, scattered gear, a hiker standing, and the summit hut silhouetted on the peak behind.

A scrambler in shorts climbs a steep light-grey granite slab beneath a deep blue sky.

A rugged grey peak streaked with snow patches above a small turquoise tarn in a rocky basin.

A dark rock pinnacle silhouetted against a sunlit snowfield and glacier.

Jagged granite pinnacles rising into a clear blue sky.

Evening light on a granite summit crowned by an old stone fortification.

A couple stands among the boulders at sunset, the summit and its hut silhouetted behind them.

A cushion of pink moss campion flowering among grey rocks and moss.

A bright green fern unfurling between sun-lit granite boulders.