4545 is the magic number that must be mentioned first and foremost in connection with the Mischabel mountain range above Saas Fee. It is 4545 steep meters from sea level to the summit of the Dom, the highest four-thousand-metre peak standing entirely on Swiss soil, which presents itself as a monumental elevation and the highest point among these imposing mountains. But its neighbors don't have to hide either: the Täschhorn rises into the sky to the left of the Dom, while the Lenzspitze, Nadelhorn and the peaks of the Himmelsleiter, known by alpinists as the Nadelgrat, are lined up next to it.
While these peaks appear more like forbidding and rugged walls directly from the mountain village Saas Fee, you only get an impressive overall view of these mountains from the opposite side of the valley. On this side are the somewhat lower, but no less beautiful peaks around the Fletschhorn, Lagginhorn and Weissmies - ideal places to let your gaze wander over the Mischabel.
Directly below the striking Lenzspitze with its steep north-east face is the Mischabelhütte at an altitude of over 3,300 m, the starting point for this summit as well as the Nadelhorn and Ulrichshorn. North-east of the Nadelhorn is the second important mountain hut, the Bordierhütte, which plays a particularly important role as a starting point for the Nadelgrat. The Dom, on the other hand, is climbed almost exclusively from the Zermatt side of the valley via the Domhütte of the same name, while the challenging Täschhorn offers various options from the Mattertal and via the Täschbiwak.
Icy giants present themselves to the observer here, one peak more imposing than the other. It is an impressive and respect-demanding scenery that receives the first warming rays of the spring sun in our photograph taken early one morning in April. Even if our planned tour does not take us up one of these mountain giants today, it has given us the opportunity to marvel at this panorama in the best light and capture it photographically.
