>Breithorn
ascent route 
      one of the most easily climbed of the 4,000m Alps. The starting point for the ascent is either from the adjacent Klein Matterhorn ( 3820m ) which is reached by cable car from Zermatt or from the nearby Theodule Hut. The Theodule is a high mountain pass across the eastern Pennine Alps connecting Zermatt in the Swiss canton of Valais and Breuil-Cervinia in the Italian region of Aosta Valley.  | 
      
![]()  The ascent
route on the SSW Flank 
      ( the normal route - Alpine grade F ) of the Breithorn  | 
      
![]() Ascent
routes on the North side 
      of the Breithorn  | 
      
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