Matterhorn/Cervino

Italy, Switzerland

The Matterhorn/Cervino is perhaps the most familiar mountain in the European Alps. On the border between

Switzerland and Italy, it towers over the Swiss village of Zermatt and the Italian village Breuil-Cervinia in the

Val Tournanche. The mountain has four faces, facing the four compass points, respectively, with the north
and south faces meeting to form a short east-west summit ridge. The faces are steep, and only small patches
 of snow and ice cling to them; regular avalanches send the snow down to accumulate on the glaciers at the base of each face