Hiking downhill is easy

Me with the valley where Zermatt is located behind me. I hiked down from the Gornergrat back into Zermatt. It was not a very strenous hike because it was all downhill, but it was still about 5000' of vert down. The views were amazing. Treeline in Switzerland is only in the 6500-7000' range compared with about 11,500' in Colorado and somewhere in between in California. Once I dropped into the trees, the hike became a lot less interesting.