Switzerland

Church Steeple, Walenstadt

A church steeple rises above the village of Walenstadt set amidst the tower peaks of the Swiss Alps

Sarnen, Swizterland

Typical of small communities in the Swiss Alps, Sarnen is nestled betwen mountains and glacial lake, surrounded by farmland for grazing cows.

Grandhotel Giessbach, Brienz

The Grandhotel Giessbach is set in a green forested slope of the Swiss Alps high above Lake Brienz (Brienzersee) near Interlaken, Switzerland

Lauterbrunnen Valley, Switzerland

The beautiful green Lauterburnnen Valley - the valley of 72 waterfalls - is a steep-sided gclacial, U-shaped valley with steep cillfs rising over 300m to the snow-capped peaks of the Bernese Oberland area of the Swiss Allps.

Detail: Outbuilding, Swiss Alps

With flower boxes and stacked wood, this classic Swiss chalet is in the Bernese Oberland along a hiking trail south of Stechelberg in the Lauterbrunnen Valley of Switzerland

Lauterbrunnen: Valley of 72 Waterfalls

This view of Lauterbrunnen Valley while hiking near Wengen shows the steep, glacier-eroded valley sides and some of the 72 waterfalls that grace this spectacular Swiss Alpine valley.

Lauterbrunnen Valley

This view of Lauterbrunnen Valley while hiking near Wengen shows the steep, glacier-eroded valley sides and some of the 72 waterfalls that grace this spectacular Swiss Alpine valley.

Lauterbrunnen, Swiss Alps

Lauterbrunnen is in the Valley of 72 Waterfalls in the Bernese Oberland region south of Interlaken. It boasts 300m cliffs on either side of this classic, glacial U-shaped valley that ends in the south at the Lauterbrunnen Wall, seen here.

Bernese Oberland from Brienzersee, Switzerland

Successive mountains of the Swiss Alps recede layer-upon-layer into the distance above Lake Brienz or the Brienzersee near Interlaken.

Breithorn, Morning

The snow-covered profile of the majestic Breithorn mountain in the Swiss Alps above Lauterbrunner is lit by the morning sun against a startling blue sky.

Swiss Alps from Mürren

Along a hiking trail near Mürren, the Swiss flag is dominated by the majestic, snow-capped peaks and forested slopes of the Eiger and Mönch above Lauterbrunnen and Wengen

Breithorn, Swiss Alps

The snow-covered, rocky peak of Breithorn mountain with a fringe of cloud and dramatic sidelighting

Hundshorn, Bernese Alps, Switzerland

High above other mountains, the snow-covered, triangular peak of Hundshorn stands out in relief.

Snow on Ebenflue, Switzerland

The snow-covered, steep peak of Ebenflue stands out in stark relief against an almost black sky