Jungfrau Mountain from Rotstock

This is Jungfrau mountain, as seen from the summit of Rotstock (the one beneath Eiger, there are a lot of summits called Rotstock in Switzerland as it turns out!) after a long and taxing Via Ferrata route. The journey was it's own reward, but this view was an unexpected bonus and left me overwhelmed with it's vast scale and beauty. On the descent from this summit, I slipped while descending a fixed rope and crashed into the side of the mountain. The impact site was exactly where my camera was mounted to my pack strap, which resulted in two broken ribs and a small scar that my camera still carries to this day. A truly unforgettable adventure!

The small building in the top left on the ridge is Jungfraujoch Radio Relay Station reachable by the Jungfraujoch furnicular railway, and it took me almost nine months after I initially captured this to track it down. The more visible of the two glaciers in the foreground is Silbermude, with a small amount of Hochfirn visible behind it. The complex textures and patterns in the dark rock in this massive face, contrasting with the bright white snow and shadows being cast by the mountains themselves really captured my attention, and I keep coming back to this scene and finding new patterns and textures in it to explore.