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Switzerland
Valais
Visp
Zermatt

Western Breithorn – Pollux (4,092 m) loop from Klein Matterhorn

Routes
Mountain hikes & routes
Switzerland
Valais
Visp
Zermatt

Western Breithorn – Pollux (4,092 m) loop from Klein Matterhorn

Hard

4.8

(5)

190

hikers

Western Breithorn – Pollux (4,092 m) loop from Klein Matterhorn

06:40

10.4km

510m

Mountaineering

Hard mountaineering route. Very good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required.

Last updated: July 30, 2026

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Includes a segment that is highly dangerous

A part of this route comprises highly technical, difficult, or hazardous terrain. Specialist equipment and prior experience is required.

After 1.41 km for 7.88 km

Waypoints

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1

146 m

Glacier Palace (Gletscherpalast), Klein Matterhorn

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Sparkling ice crystals and dazzling ice sculptures enchant visitors to the Glacier Palace. A passenger lift takes you 15 meters below the ice surface of the glacier. Here the fairytale …

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1.20 km

Western Breithorn

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From the Rifugio Guide del Cervino on the Plateau Rosà - which you can reach by cable car from Cervinia - you follow the route of a ski lift on …

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5.25 km

Pollux (4,092 m)

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The lower of the two twins Castor and Pollux, two four-thousanders in the Valais Alps, located between the Breithorn massif and Liskamm
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollux_(mountain)

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10.4 km

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

10.3 km

Surfaces

8.69 km

1.56 km

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Highest point (3,950 m)

Lowest point (3,630 m)

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Tuesday 18 August

19°C

6°C

17 %

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Comments

August 6, 2025,Pollux 4092 m.ü.M
Yes, we'll see about that tomorrow😅
But first, we're going to the Castor🏔🍀

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