List of Alpine four-thousanders
This list contains all of the 128 summits and subsidiary tops of or more above sea level in the Alps in France, Italy and Switzerland as defined by the International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation. Their list, published in 1994, contains 82 'official summits' of 4,000 m or over, with the inclusion of a further 46 'lesser summits' in an enlarged list. Another list containing only independent peaks with a prominence of over 100m contains just 52 mountains.
Official list
The table shows the 82 four-thousanders in the Alps that are recognised by the UIAA. They are located in Switzerland, Italy and France.Clicking the symbol at the head of the column sorts the table by that column’s data.
| Nr. | Image | Summit | Height | Range | Country | Isolation | Prominence | First ascent | Easiest route to summit | Observations |
| 1 | 4,808 | Mont Blanc Group | France/ Italy | 2812 Kjukjurtlju | 4697 near Lake Kubenskoye | Jacques Balmat, Michel-Gabriel Paccard | Goûter Route | Highest mountain of the Alps, border dispute France/Italy | ||
| 2 | Mont Blanc de Courmayeur | 4,748 | Mont Blanc Group | France/ Italy | Mont Blanc | 18 Col Major | F. Clissold, J. M. Couttet and five guides | Goûter Route extension from summit of Mont Blanc | Fore-summit of Mont Blanc, border dispute France/Italy | |
| 3 | Dufourspitze | 4,634 | Monte Rosa Massif | Switzerland | Mont Blanc de Courmayeur | 2165 Grosser Sankt Bernhard | Charles Hudson and 7 companions | From Monte Rosa Hut via Monte Rosa glacier | Highest peak of the Monte Rosa Massif, highest peak of the Alps outside of the Mont Blanc Massif | |
| 4 | Nordend | 4,609 | Monte Rosa Massif | Italy/ Switzerland | Grenzgipfel | 94 Silbersattel | Edward N. Buxton, T.F. Buxton, John J. Cowell, Michel-Clément Payot, Binder | From Monte Rosa Hut via Silbersattel | ||
| 5 | Zumsteinspitze | 4,563 | Monte Rosa Massif | Italy/ Switzerland | Grenzgipfel | 110 Grenzsattel | Joseph Zumstein, Joseph Vincent and Johann Niklaus Vincent and others | From Gnifetti Hut via Lys glacier or Monte Rosa Hut via Grenz glacier to Lys Col and then along the Western flank and SE ridge to the summit | ||
| 6 | Signalkuppe | 4,554 | Monte Rosa Massif | Italy/ Switzerland | Zumsteinspitze | 102 Colle Gnifetti | Giovanni Gnifetti and 7 companions | Highest mountain hut and building in Europe, Capanna Regina Margherita, at 4,554 m. | ||
| 7 | Dom | 4,545 | Mischabel Group | Switzerland | Nordend | 1046 Neues Weisstor | J. Llewellyn Davies, Johann Zumtaugwald, Johann Kronig, Hieronymous Brantschen | From Domhütte via Northern flank to the summit | Highest peak located entirely within Switzerland | |
| 8 | Liskamm | 4,527 | Wallis Alps | Italy/ Switzerland | Zumsteinspitze | 376 Lisjoch | by 14 mountaineers | From Gnifetti Hut via Lys glacier, Lys Col and East Ridge to the summit | Western summit | |
| 9 | Weisshorn | 4,505 | Wallis Alps | Switzerland | Dom | 1235 Furggjoch | John Tyndall, Johann Joseph Brennen, Ulrich Wenger | East ridge from Weisshornhütte | ||
| 10 | Täschhorn | 4,491 | Mischabel Group | Switzerland | Dom | 210 Domjoch | J. Llewelyn Davies, J.W. Hayward, Peter-Josef Summermatter, Stefan, Johann Zumtaugwald | - | - | |
| 11 | Liskamm | 4,479 | Wallis Alps | Italy/ Switzerland | Liskamm Eastern Summit | 62 Col to the Eastern Summit | William E. Hall and 13 companions | - | - | |
| 12 | Matterhorn | 4,478 | Wallis Alps | Italy/ Switzerland | Liskamm Western Summit | 1040 Col Durand | Croz, Taugwalder, Whymper, Hudson, Douglas and Hadow | - | - | |
| 13 | 4,469 | Mont Blanc Group | Italy | Mont Blanc de Courmayeur | 54 Col to Mont Blanc de Courmayeur | G.B. and G.F. Gugliermina, Joseph Brocherel | - | - | ||
| 14 | Mont Maudit | 4,465 | Mont Blanc Group | France/ Italy | Mont Blanc | 162 Col de la Brenva | Henry S. King, William E. Davidson, Johann Jaun, Johann von Bergen | - | - | |
| 15 | Parrotspitze | 4,432 | Monte Rosa Massif | Italy/ Switzerland | Signalkuppe | 136 Seserjoch | Florence Crauford Grove, Melchior Anderegg and 4 companions | - | - | |
| 16 | Dent Blanche | 4,357 | Wallis Alps | Switzerland | Matterhorn | 895 Col d'Herens | Thomas S. Kennedy, William and C. Wigram mit Jean-Baptiste Croz, Johann Kronig | - | - | |
| 17 | Ludwigshöhe | 4,341 | Monte Rosa Massif | Italy/ Switzerland | Parrotspitze | 58 Fiodejoch | Ludwig von Welden and companions | - | - | |
| 18 | Nadelhorn | 4,327 | Mischabel Group | Switzerland | Dom | 206 Lenzjoch | Franz Andenmatten, Baptiste Epiney, Aloys Supersaxo, Joseph Zimmermann | - | - | |
| 19 | Schwarzhorn | 4,322 | Monte Rosa Massif | Italy | Ludwigshöhe | 42 col with the Ludwigshöhe | Marco Maglionini, Albert de Rothschild, Eduard Cupelin mit Peter and Nikolaus Knubel | - | - | |
| 20 | 4,314 | Grand Combin | Switzerland | Dent Blanche | 1517 Fenêtre de Durand | Jouvence Bruchez, Benjamin, Maurice Felley | - | - | ||
| 21 | 4,304 | Mont Blanc Group | France Italy | Mont Blanc | 58 Col du Dôme | Jean-Marie Couttet, François Cuidet | - | - | ||
| 22 | Lenzspitze | 4,294 | Mischabel Group | Switzerland | Nadelhorn | 86 Nadeljoch | Clinton Thomas Dent, Alexander and Franz Burgener | - | - | |
| 23 | Finsteraarhorn | 4,274 | Bernese Alps | Switzerland | Nadelhorn | 2280 west of the Simplon Pass | Arnold Abbühl, Joseph Bortis, Alois Volker | - | - | |
| 24 | Mont Blanc du Tacul | 4,248 | Mont Blanc Group | France | Mont Maudit | 213 Col Maudit | J-M Chabot, P-J Mochet, J-M Perrod and James H. Ramsay | - | - | |
| 25 | 4,243 | Mont Blanc Group | Italy | Mont Blanc de Courmayeur | 35 Col to the Mont Blanc de Courmayeur | Walter Bonatti, Toni Gobbi | - | - | ||
| 26 | Stecknadelhorn | 4,241 | Mischabel Group | Switzerland | Nadelhorn | 30 Stecknadeljoch | Oscar Eckenstein, Matthias Zurbriggen | - | - | |
| 27 | Castor | 4,223 | Wallis Alps | Italy/ Switzerland | Liskamm Western Summit | 165 Felikjoch | William Mathews, F.W. Jacomb, Michel Croz | - | - | |
| 28 | Zinalrothorn | 4,221 | Wallis Alps | Switzerland | Weisshorn | 490 Hohlicht Pass | Florence Crauford Grove, Leslie Stephen, Jakob and Melchior Anderegg | - | - | |
| 29 | Hohberghorn | 4,219 | Mischabel Group | Switzerland | Stecknadelhorn | 75 Hohbergjoch | R. B. Heathcote, Franz Biner, Peter Perren, Peter Taugwalder | - | - | |
| 30 | Vincent Pyramid | 4,215 | Monte Rosa Massif | Italy | Schwarzhorn | 128 Col to the Schwarzhorn | Johann Nikolaus Vincent, three unknown companions | - | - | |
| 31 | 4,208 | Mont Blanc Group | France/ Italy | Mont Blanc du Tacul | 843 Col du Géant | Horace Walker, Melchior Anderegg, J. Jaun, J. Grange | - | - | ||
| 32 | Alphubel | 4,206 | Mischabel Group | Switzerland | Täschhorn | 355 Mischabeljoch | T.W. Hinchliff, Leslie Stephen, Melchior Anderegg, Peter Perren | - | - | |
| 33 | Rimpfischhorn | 4,199 | Mischabel Group | Switzerland | Alphubel | 635 Allalin Pass | Leslie Stephen, Robert Liveing, Melchior Anderegg, Johann Zumtaugwald | - | - | |
| 34 | Aletschhorn | 4,193 | Bernese Alps | Switzerland | Finsteraarhorn | 1017 Lötschenlücke | Francis F. Tuckett, Johann Joseph Bennen, Peter Bohren, V. Tairraz | - | - | |
| 35 | Strahlhorn | 4,190 | Mischabel Group | Switzerland | Rimpfischhorn | 401 Alder Pass | Edmund J. Grenville, Christopher Smyth, Franz-Josef Andenmatten, Ulrich Lauener | - | - | |
| 36 | 4,183 | Grand Combin | Switzerland | Combin de Grafeneire | 57 Col to the Combin de Grafeneire | - | - | |||
| 37 | 4,184 | Mont Blanc Group | France/ Italy | Pointe Walker | 51 col with the Pointe Walker | Edward Whymper, Michel Croz, Christian Almer, F. Biner | - | - | ||
| 38 | Dent d’Hérens | 4,171 | Wallis Alps | Italy/ Switzerland | Matterhorn | 692 Colle Tournanche | Florence Crauford Grove, Melchior Anderegg and 5 companions | - | - | |
| 39 | 4,164 | Wallis Alps | Italy/ Switzerland | Castor | 433 Schwarztor | Henri Maynard, Joseph-Marie Couttet, Jean Gras, Jean-Baptiste and Jean-Jacques Erin | - | - | ||
| 40 | 4,159 | Wallis Alps | Italy/ Switzerland | Breithorn | 82 Col to the | Henri Maynard, Joseph-Marie Couttet, Jean Gras, Jean-Baptiste and Jean-Jacques Erin | - | - | ||
| 41 | Jungfrau | 4,158 | Bernese Alps | Switzerland | Aletschhorn | 687 Jungfraujoch | Johann Rudolf, Hieronymus Meyer, Alois Volker, Joseph Bortis | - | - | |
| 42 | Bishorn | 4,153 | Wallis Alps | Switzerland | Weisshorn | 95 Weisshornjoch | G. S. Barnes, R. Chessyre-Walker, Joseph Imboden, J. M. Chanton | - | - | |
| 43 | 4,139 | Wallis Alps | Italy/ Switzerland | Breithorn | 117 Selle | - | - | |||
| 44 | 4,134 | Grand Combin | Switzerland | Combin de Grafeneire | 52 Col to the Combin de Grafeneire | - | - | |||
| 45 | 4,122 | Mont Blanc Group | France | Grandes Jorasses | 688 Col de l’Eboulement | Edward Whymper, Christian Almer, Franz Biner | - | - | ||
| 46 | 4,114 | Mont Blanc Group | France | Mont Blanc du Tacul | 36 Col to Mont Blanc du Tacul | Antoine Blanchet, Armand Charlet | - | - | ||
| 47 | 4,112 | Mont Blanc Group | Italy | Mont Blanc | 178 Col de Peuterey | Henry S. King, Emile Rey, Ambros Supersaxo, Aloys Anthamatten | - | - | ||
| 48 | 4,110 | Mont Blanc Group | France/ Italy | Pointe Whymper | 10 col with Pointe Walker | - | - | |||
| 49 | 4,109 | Mont Blanc Group | France | L'Isolée | 36 col with L'Isolée | Brégault, Chevalier, De Lépiney | - | - | ||
| 50 | Mönch | 4,107 | Bernese Alps | Switzerland | Jungfrau | 578 Unteres Mönchsjoch | Sigismund Porges, Christian Almer, Christian and Ulrich Kaufmann | - | - | |
| 51 | 4,106 | Wallis Alps | Italy/ Switzerland | Breithorn | 36 Col to western Twin Peak | - | - | |||
| 52 | 4,102 | Mont Blanc Group | France | Aiguille Verte | 52 col with the Aiguille Verte | Robert Fowler, Michel Ducroz, Michel Balmat | - | - | ||
| 53 | 4,102 | Pelvoux | France | Picco Luigi Amedeo | 2043 Col du Lautaret | Edward Whymper, Horace Walker, Adolphus W. Moore, Christian Almer, Michel Croz | - | - | ||
| 54 | 4,097 | Mont Blanc Group | France | Pointe Carmen | 40 col with the Carmen | Antoine Blanchet, Jean Chaubert, Armand Charlet, Devouassoud | - | - | ||
| 55 | Pollux | 4,092 | Wallis Alps | Italy/ Switzerland | Castor | 247 Zwillingsjoch | Jules Jacot, Josef-Marie Perren, Peter Taugwalder sen. | - | - | |
| 56 | Schreckhorn | 4,078 | Bernese Alps | Switzerland | Finsteraarhorn | 788 Finsteraarjoch | Leslie Stephen, Ulrich Kaufmann, Peter and Christian Michel | - | - | |
| 57 | 4,075 | Wallis Alps | Italy/ Switzerland | Zwilling-Ost | 30 Col to the Zwilling East | - | - | |||
| 58 | 4,074 | Mont Blanc Group | France | Pointe Médiane | 57 Col to the Médiane | Jean Chaubert, Armand Charlet | - | - | ||
| 59 | Mont Brouillard | 4,069 | Mont Blanc Group | France | Picco Luigi Amedeo | 39 Col Emile Rey | Karl Blodig, Oscar Eckenstein, Alessio Brocherel | - | - | |
| 60 | 4,065 | Mont Blanc Group | France/ Italy | Pointe Croz | 50 col with Pointe Croz | - | - | |||
| 61 | 4,064 | Mont Blanc Group | France | Pointe Chaubert | 19 Col to the Chaubert | Jean Chaubert, Armand Charlet | - | - | ||
| 62 | Ober Gabelhorn | 4,063 | Wallis Alps | Switzerland | Zinalrothorn | 536 Triftjoch | Horace Walker, Adolphus W. Moore, Jakob Anderegg | - | - | |
| 63 | 4,061 | Graian Alps | Italy | Grandes Jorasses | 1879 Nahe Kleiner Sankt Bernhard | John J. Cowell, W. Dundas, Jean Tairraz, Michel-Clément Payot | - | - | ||
| 64 | 4,052 | Mont Blanc Group | France/ Italy | Dôme du Goûter | 164 Col de Bionnassay | E.N. Buxton, F.C. Grove, R.J.S. Macdonald, Michel Payot, Jean-Pierre Cachat | - | - | ||
| 65 | 4,049 | Bernina Group | Switzerland | 138 Finsteraarhorn | 2234 Maloja Pass | Johann Coaz, Jon and Lorenz Ragut Tscharner | - | - | ||
| 66 | 4,049 | Bernese Alps | Switzerland | Mönch | 364 Fiescherjoch | Adolphus W. Moore, H. B. George, Ulrich Kaufmann, Christian Almer | - | - | ||
| 67 | 4,046 | Monte Rosa Massif | Italy | Vincent Pyramid | 5 col with the Vincent Pyramid | Pietro Giordani | - | - | ||
| 68 | 4,045 | Mont Blanc Group | France/ Italy | Pointe Marguerite | 10 col with Pointe Marguerite | - | - | |||
| 69 | 4,044 | Bernese Alps | Switzerland | Gross Fiescherhorn | 305 Kleine Grünhornlücke | Edmund von Fellenberg, Peter Michel, Peter Egger, Peter Inäbnit | - | - | ||
| 70 | Lauteraarhorn | 4,042 | Bernese Alps | Switzerland | Gross Fiescherhorn | 128 Schreckhorn Saddle | Pierre Desor, Arnold Escher von der Linth, Christian Girard, Melchior Bannholzer, Jakob Leuthold | - | - | |
| 71 | 4,035 | Mont Blanc Group | France | Grande Rocheuse | 37 col with the Rocheuse | E. Fontaine, Jean Ravanel, Léon Tournier | - | - | ||
| 72 | 4,035 | Mischabel Group | Switzerland | Hohberghorn | 123 Dürrenjoch | Albert F. Mummery, William Penhall, Alexander Burgener, Ferdinand Imseng | - | - | ||
| 73 | Allalinhorn | 4,027 | Wallis Alps | Switzerland | Rimpfischhorn | 255 Alphubeljoch | Edward L. Ames, Johann Josef Imseng, Franz Josef Andenmatten | - | - | |
| 74 | 4,025 | Bernese Alps | Switzerland | Gross Fiescherhorn | 102 Fiescher Saddle | Eugen Guido Lammer, August Lorria | - | - | ||
| 75 | Weissmies | 4,017 | Wallis Alps | Switzerland | Lenzspitze | 1185 Mondelli Pass | :de:Jakob Christian Heusser, Peter Josef Zurbriggen | - | - | |
| 76 | 4,015 | Mont Blanc Group | France/ Italy | Pointe Marguerite | 190 Col des Grandes Jorasses | Alphonse Payot, Michel-Clément Payot, J. Eccles | - | - | ||
| 77 | 4,015 | Pelvoux | France | Barre des Écrins | 41 Brèche Lory | - | - | |||
| 78 | Dent du Géant | 4,013 | Mont Blanc Group | France/ Italy | Dôme de Rochefort | 139 col with the Aiguille de Rochefort | Jean-Joseph, Baptiste and Daniel Maquignaz | - | - | |
| 79 | 4,013 | Mont Blanc Group | Italy | Mont Brouillard | 56 Col to the Mont Brouillard | Martino Baretti, Jean-Joseph Maquignaz | - | - | ||
| 80 | Lagginhorn | 4,010 | Wallis Alps | Switzerland | Weissmies | 511 Lagginjoch | Edward L. Ames, Johann Josef Imseng, Franz-Josef Andenmatten | - | - | |
| 81 | 4,001 | Mont Blanc Group | France/ Italy | Dent du Géant | 106 Col to the Dôme de Rochefort | Alphonse Payot, Michel-Clément Payot, J. Eccles | - | - | ||
| 82 | 4,000 | Mont Blanc Group | France | Grande Rocheuse | 204 Col de l’ Aiguille Verte | Thomas Middlemore, John Oakley Maund, Henri Cordier, Johann Jaun, Andreas Maurer | - | - |
Enlarged list
Subpeaks
Number of Alpine four-thousanders
Since no exact and formal definition of mountain exists, the number of 4000-metre summits is arbitrary. The topographic prominence is an important factor to decide the official nomination of a summit. The list proposed by the UIAA is based not only on prominence but also on other criteria such as the morphology and mountaineering interest. Summits such as Roccia Nera or Mont Blanc de Courmayeur have much less than the 30 metres minimum prominence criterion but are included in the list because of the other criteria. In comparison, the official 8000 metres summit having the smallest prominence is Lhotse with 610 metres. A minimum prominence criterion of 500 metres would reduce the number of Alpine four-thousanders to only 22.The table below gives the number of four-thousanders as a function of their minimum prominence.