Breaking Back

Breaking Back is a climbing site in Airolo, Leventina District, Ticino. Breaking Back is situated nearby to the climbing site Trait - d’union, as well as near Cafelat e Campari.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Gotthard Pass and Chastelhorn.

Gotthard Pass

Mountain saddle

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The Gotthard Pass or St. Gotthard Pass at 2,106 m is a mountain pass in the Alps traversing the Saint-Gotthard Massif and connecting northern Switzerland with southern Switzerland. Gotthard Pass is situated 3 km south of Breaking Back.

Chastelhorn

Peak

Photo: Plattens, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Chastelhorn is a 2,973 metres high mountain in the Lepontine Alps, overlooking Hospental in the canton of Uri. The northern flanks are covered by a glacier named St. Chastelhorn is situated 3 km east of Breaking Back.

Lago di Lucendro

Reservoir

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Lago di Lucendro is a reservoir at the St. Gotthard Pass in the municipality of Airolo of the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. The dam Lucendro was built between 1994 and 1947. Lago di Lucendro is situated 3 km southwest of Breaking Back.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Swiss Alps and Hospental.

Swiss Alps

Photo: Ypsilon from Finland, CC0.

The Alpine region of Switzerland, conventionally referred to as the Swiss Alps, represents a major natural feature of the country and is, along with the Swiss Plateau and the Swiss portion of the Jura Mountains, one of its three main physiographic regions.

Hospental

Village

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Hospental is a village and a municipality in the middle of the Alpine valley called Urseren in the canton of Uri in Switzerland. Hospental is situated 3½ km north of Breaking Back.