This document provides highlights from a trip through northern Italy and Switzerland, including scenic locations around lakes Como, Maggiore, and Orta in Italy as well as the towns of Milan, Zermatt, and Chamonix in Switzerland. Some key stops mentioned are the Milan Cathedral, Lake Orta, Bella Island on Lake Maggiore, the Matterhorn mountain in Zermatt, the Lauterbrunnen Valley, Kleine Scheidegg, Murren, Geneva's famous Jet d'Eau fountain, and trails around Chamonix with views of Mont Blanc.

1. Pure Alpine Delights

3. Milan Cathedral –
optional Milan day trip

4. Rooftop of the
Milan Cathedral

5. The Galleria –
“Milan’s Drawing
Room”

6. Relaxing in Orta San Giulio
by Lake Orta

7. Scenes from Orta
San Giulio

9. Bella Island –
Lake Maggiore

10. Gardens of Madre Island

11. Zermatt a mixture of old and new

12. On the way to the
Matterhorn Express

13. The majestic
Matterhorn!

14. Ascending via
bubble lift

15. Kleine Matterhorn

16. Walking to Zmutt

17. Glacier views from
Gornergrat

18. Lauterbrunnen Valley

19. Walking from
Mannlichen to
Kleine Scheidegg

20. Arriving Kleine
Scheidegg

21. Walking the trail
to Murren

22. Don’t try this at home!

23. Doesn’t get any more
“Alpine” than this

24. Staubbach Falls and
our Hotel Oberland

26. Geneva’s Jet d’Eau –
shooting 460 feet high!

27. Arve River running
through Chamonix

28. Great Southern Balcony Trail

31. Challenge trail:
North Grand Balcony

33. Challenge trail:
North Grand Balcony

34. North Grand Balcony trail

35. Views from Aiguille du Midi

36. Climbers headed for Mount Blanc