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Oberrothorn

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The Oberrothorn (3,414 m) is a mountain of the Swiss Pennine Alps, overlooking Zermatt in the canton of Valais. Its summit can be easily reached via a trail on its southern flank, from the Unterrothorn cable car station or from Sunnegga.

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Mountain.name
Oberrothorn
Mountain.photo
Oberrothorn Gipfel mit Dom und Täschhorn.jpg
Mountain.photo_caption
View of the summit, looking north
Mountain.elevation_m
3414
Mountain.prominence_m
259
Mountain.parent_peak
Monte Rosa
Mountain.map
Switzerland
Mountain.location
Valais, Switzerland
Mountain.map_caption
Location in Switzerland
Mountain.range
Pennine Alps
Mountain.easiest_route
Hike from Unterrothorn

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The Oberrothorn (3,414 m) is a mountain of the Swiss Pennine Alps, overlooking Zermatt in the canton of Valais. Its summit can be easily reached via a trail on its southern flank, from the Unterrothorn cable car station or from Sunnegga.

Claims are often made that the Oberrothorn has one of the highest hiking trails in the Alps, or that it's the highest Alpine summit which can be walked up. Such statements are subjective, but do reflect the mountain's unusual accessibility for an Alpine summit of its height.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Oberrothorn” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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