Monte Rosa

Monte Rosa is a mountain massif in the eastern part of the Pennine Alps, on the border between Italy and Switzerland (Valais). The highest peak of the massif, amongst several peaks of over 4,000 m (13,000 ft), is the Dufourspitze, the second highest mountain in the Alps and western Europe, after Mont Blanc.

Elevation
4,634 m
Prominence
2,165 m
Coordinates
45.93667° N, 7.86694° E
Range
Pennine Alps
Region
Canton of Valais, Switzerland
Monte Rosa massif with its highest peak Dufourspitze (also: Monte Rosa), 4.634 m, and Monte Rosa Glacier as seen from Gornergrat in Wallis, Switzerland in 2012 August. The Dufourspitze is the highest mountain of Switzerland and regarding Europe, its height is exceeded only by the Mont Blanc.

About Monte Rosa

Monte Rosa is a major Alpine massif whose highest point, Dufourspitze, reaches 4,634 m and is the highest point in Valais and Switzerland . The massif comprises about ten summits above 4,000 m, and Dufourspitze is its highest summit .

Open Monte Rosa in Traverse at 45.93667° N, 7.86694° E to inspect 4,634 m of relief, 2,165 m of prominence, and approaches around Canton of Valais, Switzerland on 3D terrain.

Documented mountaineering milestones

  • 1855 — First ascent of the Dufourspitze, then called Höchste Spitze, from Zermatt: Charles Hudson, John Birkbeck, Christopher Smyth, James G. Smyth, Edward J.W. Stevenson, Ulrich Lauener, Johannes Zumtaugwald, Matthäus Zumtaugwald
  • 1863 — The summit was officially renamed Dufourspitze in honor of Swiss cartographer and general Guillaume-Henri Dufour: Swiss Federal Council, following a request from leading mountaineers and Swiss Alpine Club members

Routes and approaches

The Swiss-side ascent is associated with the Zermatt area and the Monte Rosa Hut, while the summit routes involve extensive glaciation and a high rock ridge separating the Grenz Glacier from the Monte Rosa Glacier .

GPX-backed hiking and ski touring records near Canton of Valais from the Traverse catalog. Metrics appear only when the source provides them.

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Sources and provenance

Mountain information is factual reference only, not a current conditions or safety report.

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