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    The Breithorn (German for literally "broad horn"; 13,661 ft. or 4,160 m) is a mountain range of the Pennine Alps with its highest peak of the same name...
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    Gornergletscher – the central Monte Rosa massif – Grenzgletscher, Liskamm and several Breithorn peaks on the south side (2008) Aerial photo of Monte Rosa massif with...
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    many four-thousanders, such as Dufourspitze, Liskamm, Castor, Pollux, Breithorn and Matterhorn. The hut can be reached using the Gornergratbahn; from...
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    The Breithorn is a mountain of the Swiss Lepontine Alps, overlooking Simplon in the canton of Valais. It is part of the Monte Leone massif. Breithorn is...
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    region of the Aosta Valley. The glacier descends from the west side of the Breithorn (4,164 metres (13,661 ft)) and splits into two diverging branches above...
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    Matterhorn (redirect from Monte Cervino)
    Hörnlihütte Rifugio Jean-Antoine Carrel Dent d'Hérens (4,171) Weisshorn (4,505) Breithorn (4,164) Matterhorn (4,478)    The name Matterhorn derives from the German...
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    Matterhorn is part of the Breithorn massif and overlooks on its south side the almost equally high flat glacier named Breithorn Plateau, just north of the...
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    Dufourspitze (category Monte Rosa)
    The Dufourspitze is the highest peak of Monte Rosa, an ice-covered mountain massif in the Alps. Dufourspitze is the highest mountain of both Switzerland...
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  • Aiguille du Chardonnet, Lauterbrunnen Breithorn, Cima Tosa, Dammastock, Grünhorn, Hochfeiler, Monte Cevedale, Monte Cristallo, Nesthorn, Tschingelhorn,...
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    directly from the pass. These include Wasenhorn, Hubschhorn, Breithorn (Simplon), and Monte Leone. There had been a locally used passage through the mountains...
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    The Breithorn is a mountain of the Swiss Lepontine Alps in the Valais. It is part of the municipality Grengiols and overlooks the lower Goms on the north...
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    four-thousand metre peaks, whose highest are Dufourspitze (in the large Monte Rosa massif), Liskamm, Matterhorn, Dom and Weisshorn. This is the last stop...
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    (German: Gornergletscher) is a valley glacier found on the west side of the Monte Rosa massif close to Zermatt in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. It is...
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  • 1800 Großglockner 1801 Punta Giordani 1804 Ortler 1811 Jungfrau 1813 Breithorn 1819 Piramide Vincent 1820 Zugspitze, Zumsteinspitze 1824 Tödi 1828 Kitzsteinhorn...
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    Zinalrothorn Alphubel Rimpfischhorn Aletschhorn Strahlhorn Dent d'Hérens Breithorn Jungfrau Mönch Schreckhorn Ober Gabelhorn Piz Bernina Gross Fiescherhorn...
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    river Rhone. The valley starts between the high summits south of Zermatt (Monte Rosa, Matterhorn) on the border with Italy. The upper side is glaciated...
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    Simplon pass, climbers can reach other nearby mountains: Breithorn (Simplon). Hubschhorn. Monte Leone. Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps. The...
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    is at an elevation of 4,225 m (13,862 ft), and it lies between Breithorn and the Monte Rosa. It is separated from Pollux by a pass at 3,847 m (12,621 ft)...
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    difficult ascents in the Alps, including noted routes on the Zermatt Breithorn on Monte Rosa (the "Younggrat"), the west ridge of the Gspaltenhorn, on the...
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    Ascents are usually made from the Refuge Ottorino Mezzalama (3,036 m), the Monte Rosa hut (2,795 m); if traversing the peaks via Pollux's north ridge, PD+...
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    highest mountain in the Alps, and the second highest in Switzerland, after Monte Rosa. The Dom is the main summit of the Mischabel group (German: Mischabelhörner)...
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    Zinalrothorn Alphubel Rimpfischhorn Aletschhorn Strahlhorn Dent d'Hérens Breithorn Jungfrau Mönch Schreckhorn Ober Gabelhorn Piz Bernina Gross Fiescherhorn...
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    valley, the Weisshorn is one of the many 4000ers surrounding Zermatt, with Monte Rosa and the Matterhorn. The Weisshorn was first climbed in 1861 from Randa...
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    ridge from the Nordend to the Breithorn. They started from Riffelalp at midnight and finished the traverse of the Monte Rosa massif at midday. But after...
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    Campanna Aosta Rifugio Jean-Antoine Carrel Dents des Bouquetins (3,838) Breithorn (4,160) Matterhorn (4,478) Dent d'Hérens (4,173)    The mountain takes...
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    13 September 2015. "Italia-Francia, il duello dei confini sulla cima del Monte Bianco". 8 September 2015. Brown, T. G. and de Beer, G. The First Ascent...
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    Tête Blanche Tête de Valpelline Dent d'Hérens Matterhorn Breithorn Pollux Castor Liskamm Monte Rosa Strahlhorn Rimpfischhorn Allalinhorn Alphubel Täschhorn...
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    guideless ascent of Mont Blanc in 1855 and a guideless ascent of the Breithorn. During the first ascent of the Matterhorn on 14 July 1865 Hudson was...
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    476 metres (14,685 ft) at Matterhorn, followed by Furgghorn, Breithorn, Zwillinge, Monte Rosa at 4,554 metres (14,941 ft), and Grenzgipfel just east of...
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    point of the Rhine drainage basin. The Finsteraarhorn was dethroned by Monte Rosa as the highest summit of Switzerland when Valais joined the Swiss Confederation...
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