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Mittelallalin is a minor
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below the
AllalinhornThe Allalinhorn is a mountain in the Mischabelhörner group of the Pennine Alps in Switzerland. It lies west of Saas-Fee in the canton of Valais....
situated above Saas Fee. This place is well known for the
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which is the highest in the world and a
glacier caveA glacier cave is a cave formed within the ice of a glacier. Glacier caves are often called ice caves, but this term is properly used to describe bedrock caves that contain year-round ice.-Overview:...
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Access
Mittelallalin can be reached easily with a
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from Saas Fee to the Felskinn intermediate station and finally to the top with the
Metro AlpinThe Metro Alpin is the highest subway in the world. It is an underground funicular situated above Saas Fee in Switzerland in the Valais canton....
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Ski and mountain-climbing
The Mittelallalin is also an all year round ski area (between 1,800 and 3,600 m in winter,
Fee GlacierThe Fee Glacier is a long glacier situated in the Pennine Alps in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. In 1973 it had a length of and an area of . It lies east of the Mischabel range, between the summit of Dom on the north and Allalinhorn on the south.The glacier is easily accessible via the...
in summer). From there the ascent of
AllalinhornThe Allalinhorn is a mountain in the Mischabelhörner group of the Pennine Alps in Switzerland. It lies west of Saas-Fee in the canton of Valais....
(4,027 m) is very popular and can be done in just two hours.
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