Breithorn is one of several peaks that can be climbed directly from the Simplon Pass. The other peaks are Wasenhorn, Hubschhorn, and Monte Leone. The route starts form the Simplon Hospiz and you will need glacier equipment for this mountain, crampons are compulsory. Plan around 5 hours from the road to the summit. This peak can be climbed in combination with Monte Leone.
breithorn, simplon, other, places, with, same, name, breithorn, breithorn, mountain, swiss, lepontine, alps, overlooking, simplon, canton, valais, part, monte, leone, massif, breithornview, from, breithornpass, north, side, highest, pointelevation3, prominence. For other places with the same name see Breithorn 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 BreithornView from the Breithornpass north side Highest pointElevation3 437 m 11 276 ft Prominence90 m 300 ft 1 Parent peakMonte LeoneCoordinates46 14 19 N 8 5 2 E 46 23861 N 8 08389 E 46 23861 8 08389NamingNative nameBreithorn German English translationBroad HornGeographyLocation in SwitzerlandCountrySwitzerlandCantonValaisParent rangeLepontine AlpsTopo mapSwisstopo topographic maps Contents 1 Climbing route 2 Accommodation huts and shelters 3 Access road 4 References 5 External linksClimbing route editBreithorn is one of several peaks that can be climbed directly from the Simplon Pass The other peaks are Wasenhorn Hubschhorn and Monte Leone The route starts form the Simplon Hospiz and you will need glacier equipment for this mountain crampons are compulsory Plan around 5 hours from the road to the summit This peak can be climbed in combination with Monte Leone Accommodation huts and shelters editSimplon Hospiz Monte Leone Hut 2 Bivacco Farello on the Chaltwasser Pass Access road editThe only access is the road to the Simplon Pass from Brig on the Swiss side and from Domodossola from the Italian side References edit Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps The key col is the Breithornpass 3 347 m See German Page Monte Leone HutteExternal links editBreithorn on Hikr Breithorn Route description on Mountains for Everybody nbsp This Valais location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Breithorn Simplon amp oldid 1083042311, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
