> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Gornergletscher Revisited - URL: https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/photos/gornergletscher-revisited/ - Published: 2022-08-28T20:28:00.000Z - Updated: 2025-12-30T20:51:43.000Z - Description: I had a great time taking photos along the Panoramaweg across the Gornergletscher to the Monte Rosa hut. I didn't make it to the hut, that will have to wait till another time. - Author: Ivar Hagendoorn - Tags: Photography I [first](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/photos/gornergletscher/) visited the Gorner Glacier (German: Gornergletscher) in 2014\. A year later I booked a guided tour to the Monte Rosa hut across the Gornergletscher, or rather, the Grenzgletscher, which is currently the main tributary of the Gornergletscher. In 2019 a new route to the Monte Rosa hut was opened, the Panorama Trail, which crosses the upper Gorner Glacier proper. If you start early it is possible to hike to the Monte Rosa hut and back in one day. As I was on my own and didn't want to risk being the last person to walk down, I decided to take my time and just have some fun taking photos on the glacier, which, of course, is one of my main reasons for doing the hike in the first place. ![Gornergletscher](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2022/09/gornergletscher-21.jpg) The Gornergletscher remains an amazing sight. Technically the upper part is the Grenzgletscher. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2022/09/gornergletscher-22.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2022/09/gornergletscher-23.jpg) The former tributaries Schwärzegletscher (left) and Unterer Theodulgletscher (right) are now disconnected from the Gornergletscher ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2022/09/gornergletscher-24.jpg) ![The upper Gorner glacier](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2022/09/gornergletscher-25.jpg) The upper Gornergletscher ![Upper Gornergletscher](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2022/09/gornergletscher-26.jpg) The upper Gornergletscher. It gets bigger and bigger the closer you get ![Panoramaweg Monte Rosa Hut](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2022/09/gornergletscher-27.jpg) On the glacier! Just follow the signposts ![Panoramaweg Monte Rosa Hut](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2022/09/gornergletscher-28.jpg) ![Gornergletscher](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2022/09/gornergletscher-29.jpg) ![Panoramaweg Monte Rosa Hut across the Gornergletscher](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2022/09/gornergletscher-30.jpg) Just follow the poles... ![The Monte Rosa as seen from the Gornergletscher](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2022/09/gornergletscher-32.jpg) The Monte Rosa as seen from the Gornergletscher ![The Monte Rosa as seen from the Gornergletscher](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2022/09/gornergletscher-31.jpg) The Monte Rosa as seen from the Gornergletscher ![Panoramaweg Monte Rosa Hut across the Gornergletscher](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2022/09/gornergletscher-33.jpg) This is where I turned back because I was hiking solo. Safety first! ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2022/09/gornergletscher-34.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2022/09/gornergletscher-35.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2022/09/gornergletscher-36.jpg) ![Panoramaweg Monte Rosa Hut across the Gornergletscher](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2022/09/gornergletscher-37.jpg) The Panoramaweg Monte Rosa Hut across the Gornergletscher ![Crevasse in the Gornergletscher](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2022/09/gornergletscher-38.jpg) It's difficult to get a sense of scale. I guess this crevasse was about 10 meters deep. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2022/09/gornergletscher-40.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2022/09/gornergletscher-42.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2022/09/gornergletscher-43.jpg) Whenever I look at my glacier photos I want to go on another glacier hike ![Gornergletscher](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2022/09/gornergletscher-41.jpg) ![The Monte Rosa as seen from the Gornergletscher](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2022/09/gornergletscher-44.jpg) The Monte Rosa as seen from the Gornergletscher ![Panoramaweg Monte Rosa Hut](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2022/09/gornergletscher-45.jpg) One of the advantages of being tall is that I can take a big step where other people have to jump. ![The Monte Rosa as seen from the Gornergletscher](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2022/09/gornergletscher-46.jpg) As the photos attest I had a great time on the Gornergletscher ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2022/09/gornergletscher-48.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2022/09/gornergletscher-49.jpg) It was fascinating to see clouds form and dissolve ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2022/09/gornergletscher-47.jpg) One more parting shot ### Related Posts **More glaciers!** [Aletschgletscher](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/photos/aletschgletscher-tour/) in Switzerland, [Glacier Trail Saas-Fee](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/photos/glacier-trail-saas-fee/) in Switzerland, [Russell Glacier](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/photos/russell-glacier/) in Greenland, [Eqi Glacier](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/photos/eqi-glacier/) in Greenland, [Svellnosbreen](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/photos/svellnosbreen-glacier/) in Norway, [Nigardsbreen](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/photos/nigardsbreen-glacier/) in Norway, [Falljökull](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/photos/falljokull/) in Iceland, [Glacier du Tour](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/photos/refuge-albert-1er-glacier-du-tour/) in France and the [Vallée Blanche](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/photos/vallee-blanche/) in France.