One of the activities that I run as a Snow & Ice Guide is the Snow & Ice Expedition (formerly known as the Petersgrat Expedition), where we take groups up and over the Kanderfirn Glacier to stay at the Mutthornhutte, then over the Petersgrat ridge the next day. These photos are actually from two separate Expeditions that I ran, but I thought I'd combine them as the pictures are pretty similar.
The first one that I have pictures from is actually the first Expedition that I successfully managed to get to the hut - we often have to cancel this hike due to the weather - and so I decided that I wanted to go up the Mutthorn before dinner at the hut. The Mutthorn is a fairly small ridge at the end of the Kanderfirn, and the hut sits at the bottom of it. I got some awesome pictures which really show the scale of the Kanderfirn, although the weather could have been a bit nicer :)
On the second Expedition we had a lot nicer weather - possibly the best of the summer so far, and so I took a lot of pictures on the way up and at the hut. The big mountain that you can see looking back down the glacier is Balmhorn (3698m), the biggest peak in the Kandersteg area. Hopefully I'll get to do that before the end of the season...
At the hut there are some impressive views all around - the mountain that I am "holding up" is the back side of the Eiger, to the right of it is the Jungfrau. Supposedly the back side of the Eiger is the "easy" way up, but from the looks of things its pretty impossible.
Finally I got some pictures at the top of the Petersgrat ridge, looking down into the Lotschental valley, and beyond into the "real" Alps - the really big peaks. Also we had some fun in the snow up there - the group wer pretty cool and we took some good pictures. The final two pictures are from a little ice cave just where we get off the ice - lots of cool stalactites.
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