List of mountains of the Alps over 4000 metres
This list tabulates all of the 82 official mountain summits of or more in height in the Alps, as defined by the International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation. They are the highest mountains of the Alps, all located in Switzerland, Italy, and France, and are often referred to by mountaineers as the Alpine four-thousanders. A further table of 46 subsidiary mountain points which did not meet the UIAA's selection criteria is also included.
The official UIAA list of 82 mountain summits, titled in English as 'The 4000ers of the Alps' was first published in 1994. They were selected primarily on a prominence of at least ) above the highest adjacent col or pass. Additional criteria were used to include or exclude some points, based on the mountain's overall morphology and mountaineering significance. A further 46 additional points of mountaineering significance, such as Pic Eccles, which did not meet the UIAA's primary selection criteria, were then included within an 'enlarged list'. Another, less formal, list of 4000 metre alpine mountains, containing only independent peaks with a prominence of over 100m, and based on an earlier 1990s publications by Richard Goedeke, contains just 51 mountains.
For a list containing many of the independent mountains of the Alps and covering all countries, see List of prominent mountains of the Alps.
Official list
The table shows the 82 four-thousanders in the Alps that are recognised by the UIAA.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 | 4,809 | Mont Blanc Group | France/ Italy | 2812 Elbrus | 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 and Italy | 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 | 4,608 | Monte Rosa Massif | Italy/ Switzerland | Grenzgipfel | 89 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 | 112 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 | 98 Colle Gnifetti | Giovanni Gnifetti and 7 companions | Highest mountain hut and building in Europe, Capanna Regina Margherita, at 4,554 m. | ||
| 7 | Dom | 4,546 | Mischabel Group | Switzerland | Nordend | 1057 Neues Weisstor | John Llewelyn Davies, Johann Zumtaugwald, Johann Kronig, Hieronymous Brantschen | From Domhütte via Northern flank to the summit | Highest peak located entirely within Switzerland | |
| 8 | Lyskamm | 4,532 | Wallis Alps | Italy/ Switzerland | Zumsteinspitze | 379 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 | 1234 Furggjoch | John Tyndall, Johann Joseph Brennen, Ulrich Wenger | East ridge from Weisshornhütte | ||
| 10 | Täschhorn | 4,491 | Mischabel Group | Switzerland | Dom | 213 Domjoch | John Llewelyn Davies, J.W. Hayward, Peter-Josef Summermatter, Stefan, Johann Zumtaugwald | South East ridge from Mischabeljochbiwak | - | |
| 11 | Lyskamm | 4,479 | Wallis Alps | Italy/ Switzerland | Lyskamm Eastern Summit | 61 Col to the Eastern Summit | William E. Hall and 13 companions | West flank from Quintino Sella Hut | - | |
| 12 | Matterhorn | 4,478 | Wallis Alps | Italy/ Switzerland | Lyskamm Western Summit | 1043 Col Durand | Croz, Taugwalder, Whymper, Hudson, Douglas and Hadow | Hörnli ridge from Hörnli hut | - | |
| 13 | 4,469 | Mont Blanc Group | Italy | Mont Blanc de Courmayeur | 39 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 | 4,434 | Monte Rosa Massif | Italy/ Switzerland | Signalkuppe | 134 Seserjoch | Florence Crauford Grove, Melchior Anderegg and 4 companions | - | - | |
| 16 | Dent Blanche | 4,357 | Wallis Alps | Switzerland | Matterhorn | 916 Wandfluejoch | Thomas S. Kennedy, William and C. Wigram mit Jean-Baptiste Croz, Johann Kronig | - | - | |
| 17 | Ludwigshöhe | 4,341 | Monte Rosa Massif | Italy/ Switzerland | Parrotspitze | 57 Fiodejoch | Ludwig von Welden and companions | - | - | |
| 18 | Nadelhorn | 4,327 | Mischabel Group | Switzerland | Dom | 207 Lenzjoch | Franz Andenmatten, Baptiste Epiney, Aloys Supersaxo, Joseph Zimmermann | - | - | |
| 19 | Schwarzhorn | 4,321 | Monte Rosa Massif | Italy | Ludwigshöhe | 42 col with the Ludwigshöhe | Marco Maglionini, Albert de Rothschild, Eduard Cupelin mit Peter and Nikolaus Knubel | - | - | |
| 20 | 4,309 | Grand Combin | Switzerland | Dent Blanche | 1512 Fenêtre de Durand | Jouvence Bruchez, Benjamin, Maurice Felley | - | - | ||
| 21 | 4,304 | Mont Blanc Group | France Italy | Mont Blanc | 68 Col du Dôme | Jean-Marie Couttet, François Cuidet | - | - | ||
| 22 | Lenzspitze | 4,293 | Mischabel Group | Switzerland | Nadelhorn | 86 Nadeljoch | Clinton Thomas Dent, Alexander and Franz Burgener | - | - | |
| 23 | Finsteraarhorn | 4,274 | Bernese Alps | Switzerland | Nadelhorn | 2279 west of the Simplon Pass | Arnold Abbühl, Joseph Bortis, Alois Volker | - | - | |
| 24 | Mont Blanc du Tacul | 4,248 | Mont Blanc Group | France | Mont Maudit | 219 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 | 4,240 | Mischabel Group | Switzerland | Nadelhorn | 27 Stecknadeljoch | Oscar Eckenstein, Matthias Zurbriggen | - | - | |
| 27 | Castor | 4,225 | Wallis Alps | Italy/ Switzerland | Lyskamm Western Summit | 156 Felikjoch | William Mathews, F.W. Jacomb, Michel Croz | - | - | |
| 28 | Zinalrothorn | 4,221 | Wallis Alps | Switzerland | Weisshorn | 491 Hohlicht Pass | Florence Crauford Grove, Leslie Stephen, Jakob and Melchior Anderegg | - | - | |
| 29 | Hohberghorn | 4,218 | Mischabel Group | Switzerland | Stecknadelhorn | 76 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 | 852 Col du Géant | Horace Walker, Melchior Anderegg, J. Jaun, J. Grange | - | - | ||
| 32 | Alphubel | 4,206 | Mischabel Group | Switzerland | Täschhorn | 359 Mischabeljoch | T.W. Hinchliff, Leslie Stephen, Melchior Anderegg, Peter Perren | - | - | |
| 33 | Rimpfischhorn | 4,199 | Mischabel Group | Switzerland | Alphubel | 647 Allalin Pass | Leslie Stephen, Robert Liveing, Melchior Anderegg, Johann Zumtaugwald | - | - | |
| 34 | Aletschhorn | 4,194 | Bernese Alps | Switzerland | Finsteraarhorn | 1043 Lötschenlücke | Francis F. Tuckett, Johann Joseph Bennen, Peter Bohren, V. Tairraz | - | - | |
| 35 | Strahlhorn | 4,190 | Mischabel Group | Switzerland | Rimpfischhorn | 404 Alder Pass | Edmund J. Grenville, Christopher Smyth, Franz-Josef Andenmatten, Ulrich Lauener | - | - | |
| 36 | 4,184 | 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 | 4,173 | Wallis Alps | Italy/ Switzerland | Matterhorn | 704 Colle Tournanche | Florence Crauford Grove, Melchior Anderegg and 5 companions | - | - | |
| 39 | 4,160 | Wallis Alps | Italy/ Switzerland | Castor | 438 Schwarztor | Henri Maynard, Joseph-Marie Couttet, Jean Gras, Jean-Baptiste and Jean-Jacques Erin | - | - | ||
| 40 | Jungfrau | 4,158 | Bernese Alps | Switzerland | Aletschhorn | 694 Jungfraujoch | Johann Rudolf, Hieronymus Meyer, Alois Volker, Joseph Bortis | - | - | |
| 41 | 4,154 | Wallis Alps | Italy/ Switzerland | Breithorn | 73 Col to the | Henri Maynard, Joseph-Marie Couttet, Jean Gras, Jean-Baptiste and Jean-Jacques Erin | - | - | ||
| 42 | Bishorn | 4,151 | Wallis Alps | Switzerland | Weisshorn | 90 Weisshornjoch | G. S. Barnes, R. Chessyre-Walker, Joseph Imboden, J. M. Chanton | - | - | |
| 43 | 4,138 | Wallis Alps | Italy/ Switzerland | Breithorn | 120 Selle | - | - | |||
| 44 | 4,132 | Grand Combin | Switzerland | Combin de Grafeneire | 57 Col to the Combin de Grafeneire | E.F.M.Benecke and H.A.Cohen | - | - | ||
| 45 | 4,122 | Mont Blanc Group | France | Grandes Jorasses | 689 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 | Mönch | 4,110 | Bernese Alps | Switzerland | Jungfrau | 591 Unteres Mönchsjoch | Sigismund Porges, Christian Almer, Christian and Ulrich Kaufmann | - | - | |
| 49 | 4,110 | Mont Blanc Group | France/ Italy | Pointe Whymper | 10 col with Pointe Walker | - | - | |||
| 50 | 4,109 | Mont Blanc Group | France | L'Isolée | 36 col with L'Isolée | Brégault, Chevalier, De Lépiney | - | - | ||
| 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 | 2045 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 | 4,089 | Wallis Alps | Italy/ Switzerland | Castor | 243 Zwillingsjoch | Jules Jacot, Josef-Marie Perren, Peter Taugwalder sen. | - | - | |
| 56 | Schreckhorn | 4,078 | Bernese Alps | Switzerland | Finsteraarhorn | 795 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 | 1888 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 | Bernese Alps | Switzerland | Mönch | 396 Fiescherjoch | Adolphus W. Moore, H. B. George, Ulrich Kaufmann, Christian Almer | - | - | ||
| 66 | 4,048 | Bernina Group | Switzerland | 138 Finsteraarhorn | 2236 Maloja Pass | Johann Coaz, Jon and Lorenz Ragut Tscharner | - | - | ||
| 67 | 4,046 | Monte Rosa Massif | Italy | Vincent Pyramid | 6 col with the Vincent Pyramid | Pietro Giordani | - | - | ||
| 68 | 4,045 | Mont Blanc Group | France/ Italy | Pointe Marguerite | 10 col with Pointe Marguerite | - | - | |||
| 69 | 4,043 | Bernese Alps | Switzerland | Gross Fiescherhorn | 303 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 | 124 Dürrenjoch | Albert F. Mummery, William Penhall, Alexander Burgener, Ferdinand Imseng | - | - | ||
| 73 | Allalinhorn | 4,027 | Mischabel Group | Switzerland | Rimpfischhorn | 257 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 | 4,015 | Mont Blanc Group | France/ Italy | Pointe Marguerite | 206 Col des Grandes Jorasses | Alphonse Payot, Michel-Clément Payot, J. Eccles | - | - | ||
| 76 | 4,015 | Pelvoux | France | Barre des Écrins | 41 Brèche Lory | - | - | |||
| 77 | Weissmies | 4,013 | Wallis Alps | Switzerland | Lenzspitze | 1183 Mondelli Pass | :de:Jakob Christian Heusser, Peter Josef Zurbriggen | - | - | |
| 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 | 512 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 | - | - |