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Breithorn Mittel 4159m, 18/7 2014
Breithorn West 4164m







  It takes three cableways to climb from Cervinia, up to Testa Grigia on 3450m
 altitude. We arrive at 8 in the morning, this explaining the long shadows.
  From Testa Grigia you first climb along with the ski slopes, to the
  Breithornplateau at 3800m. The plateau is visible in the background
.






  We need one hour to reach the plateau, where Breithorn gets visible ahead. It
  takes an additional half hour to pass the flatter plateau. Here is the main summit,
  or Breihorn West
.
  But we have chosen Breithorn Mittel as our first target, to the right in the picture.





  The slope gradually gets steeper, as the plateau ends. Most climbers have a
  pause at 3950m, to get their climbing gear out
.
 There are crevasses. At 4000m we pass close to one.





  At 4100m there is a plateau between the two summits. Here is the final path to
  Breithorn Mittel.
  Dante approaching close to the summit. The pace is slow, we are at high altitude
  with thin air and the path is small with steep slopes
.






  A happy me on the summit. Two years ago I climbed Breithorn West, but not this
  peak
  Zooming in Mont Blanc from the summit. The visibility is almost unlimited today,
  we can see the inversion layer over the flatlands of France, beond the Alps
.






  To the west is the main summit and the ridge connecting the two peaks.
  
Matterhorn is seen to the right.
  The ridge, a bit more in detail.





  The ridge is a bit challenging to walk. Here is Dante, almost at the main summit.   A look to the east from the main summit. Breithorn Mittel appears to be
  conciderably lower from here, but that is an illusion depending on the fact that
  the mountains behind are higher. Here we have peaks like Dufourspitze 4634m
  and Lyskamm 4527m
.






  Matterhorn, seen from the main summit.  


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