Mettelhorn
Sign in to saveThe Mettelhorn is a mountain of the Swiss Pennine Alps, located near Zermatt in the canton of Valais.
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- Mountain.name
- Mettelhorn
- Mountain.photo
- Randa landslide.JPG
- Mountain.photo_caption
- The Mettelhorn above the Mattertal (center left)
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 3406
- Mountain.prominence_m
- 240
- Mountain.parent_peak
- Monte Rosa
- Mountain.map
- Switzerland
- Mountain.map_caption
- Location in Switzerland
- Mountain.location
- Valais, Switzerland
- Mountain.range
- Pennine Alps
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- Instance of
- mountain
- Country
- Switzerland
- Located in
- Canton of Valais
- Elevation
- 3406
- Image
- Zermatt View Mettelhorn summit from Platthorn 200-07-05.JPG
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- topographic prominence
- 240
- mountain range
- Pennine Alps
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- Mettelhorn
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The Mettelhorn is a mountain of the Swiss Pennine Alps, located near Zermatt in the canton of Valais.
The Mettelhorn provides excellent acclimatization opportunities, especially if one climbs its sister peaks Platthorn and Wisshorn on the same day. Hiking from Zermatt to the Mettelhorn takes about six hours uphill and four hours downwards. The summit can be reached by almost any active hiker with some mountain experience.
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