Snow is melting, and Spring starts in the Alps above 1000 m too.
Krokus
Snow Melting to Spring
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Tag Archives: Flowers
Knabenkraut and all the other ones…
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Summer finally arrived, and the alpine meadows are blooming. Enjoy a collection of flowers (click to enlarge)….
Knabenkraut
Hiking on the Border of Two Cantons
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It was a very spontaneous hiking tour this Sunday afternoon: a hike up to the Wildspitz mountain and the border between the Canton Schwyz and Zug. Full of beautiful views, flowers and awesome butterflies!
The boarder between the Canton of Schwyz and Canton of Zug is marked with several stones. Below stone No. 18 (dated 1907) near at Langmatt:
Grenzstein Langmatt
Enzian
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The Enzian belongs to the gentian family (Gentianaceae). This one shows the Clusius-Enzian which can be found up to 2800 m in limestone areas. The deep blue makes it a special flower. It is protected by law, but can be found in many places in the Alps.
Enzian
Rigi Hochflue Alpine Flowers
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With the beautiful Alps just outside the door step, I hiked up to the Rigi Hochflue on Sunday, so I can share pictures of alpine flowers at 1698 m (click to enlarge):
Ice Flowers
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Waiting in the cold in the early morning can have an aesthetic aspect:
Ice Flowers
When ice builds beautiful structures on glass we call it ‘Eis Blume‘ (‘Ice Flowers’). In the past this happened on the windows in unheated buildings. These days it is a rare species with all the heated building. This one is more like snow flakes building up nice structures. With the sun coming up in the background their beauty will be gone very soon….
Happy Icing .-)
