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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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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