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Marmolada

Marmolada Marmolada is the highest mountain in the Dolomites, rising to 3,343 meters (10,968 feet) on the border between Trentino and Veneto in northeastern Italy. Its highest summit, Punta Penia, crowns a massive mountain unlike almost any other in the range: glaciated on the north, cut by one of the greatest rock walls in the …

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Breithorn (Lauterbrunnen)

Breithorn Breithorn is a prominent 3,780-meter (12,402-foot) mountain in the Bernese Alps of Switzerland. Rising high above the upper Lauterbrunnen Valley, it forms part of the rugged alpine divide between the cantons of Bern and Valais and separates the Lauterbrunnental on its northern side from the Lötschental to the south. The mountain is often called …

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Mittaghorn

Mittaghorn (Tachaigne) Mittaghorn is a 3,892-meter (12,769-foot) mountain in the Bernese Alps of Switzerland, rising on the border between the cantons of Bern and Valais. It stands near the head of the Lauterbrunnen Valley and above the Lötschental, surrounded by an impressive landscape of high glaciers, sharp ridges and neighboring peaks approaching or exceeding 4,000 …

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