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Alpine 4000-meter Peaks

Showing Edward Whymper's first ascent dates for climbed peaks

Rank	Peak	Elev-Ft	Prom-Ft	Range (Level 4)	Isol-Mi	Ascent Date
1.	Finsteraarhorn	14,022	7480	Berner Oberland	32.1
2.	Aletschhorn	13,757	3330	Berner Oberland	8.0
3.	Jungfrau	13,642	2254	Berner Oberland	5.2
4.	Mönch	13,474	1916	Berner Oberland	2.2
5.	Schreckhorn	13,379	2585	Berner Oberland	3.7
6.	Gross-Fiescherhorn	13,284	1283	Berner Oberland	3.1
7.	Gross-Grünhorn	13,268	1001	Berner Oberland	1.5
8.	Lauteraarhorn	13,261	420	Berner Oberland	.7
9.	Hinter-Fiescherhorn	13,205	334	Berner Oberland	.5
10.	Barre des Écrins	13,458	6706	Dauphine Alps	66.8	1864-06-24
11.	Gran Paradiso	13,323	6164	Graian Alps	27.7
12.	Monte Rosa	15,203	7103	Pennine Alps	48.7
13.	Zumsteinspitze	14,970	360	Pennine Alps	.3
14.	Signalkuppe	14,941	335	Pennine Alps	.4
15.	Dom	14,911	3431	Pennine Alps	10.5
16.	Liskamm	14,852	1233	Pennine Alps	1.8
17.	Weisshorn	14,783	3900	Pennine Alps	6.9
18.	Täschhorn	14,734	689	Pennine Alps	.7
19.	Matterhorn	14,692	3370	Pennine Alps	8.6	1865-07-14
20.	Parrotspitze	14,541	447	Pennine Alps	.6
21.	Dent Blanche	14,295	2937	Pennine Alps	4.6	1865-06
22.	Nadelhorn	14,196	676	Pennine Alps	1.1
23.	Grand Combin	14,154	4977	Pennine Alps	16.5
24.	Castor	13,871	541	Pennine Alps	1.5
25.	Zinalrothorn	13,848	1545	Pennine Alps	2.8
26.	Piramide Vincent	13,829	420	Pennine Alps	.5
27.	Alphubel	13,799	1164	Pennine Alps	1.5
28.	Rimpfischhorn	13,776	2106	Pennine Alps	2.9
29.	Strahlhorn	13,747	1316	Pennine Alps	1.1
30.	Dent d’Hérens	13,684	2270	Pennine Alps	2.6
31.	Breithorn	13,661	1420	Pennine Alps	2.6
32.	Bishorn	13,625	393	Pennine Alps	.8
33.	Pollux	13,425	810	Pennine Alps	.6
34.	Ober Gabelhorn	13,330	1758	Pennine Alps	2.1
35.	Dürrenhorn	13,238	390	Pennine Alps	.6
36.	Allalinhorn	13,212	869	Pennine Alps	1.7
37.	Weissmies	13,179	3868	Pennine Alps	7.1
38.	Lagginhorn	13,156	1676	Pennine Alps	2.1
39.	Piz Bernina	13,284	7329	Rhaetian Alps	85.7
40.	Mont Blanc	15,781	15,410	Savoy Alps	1747.3
41.	Mont Maudit	14,649	532	Savoy Alps	1.2
42.	Mont Blanc du Tacul	13,937	699	Savoy Alps	.9
43.	Grandes Jorasses	13,806	2766	Savoy Alps	4.9
44.	Aiguille Verte	13,524	2261	Savoy Alps	4.6	1865-06-29
45.	Aiguille Blanche	13,491	584	Savoy Alps	.3
46.	Aiguille de Bionassay	13,294	525	Savoy Alps	1.3
47.	Dome de Rochefort	13,173	624	Savoy Alps	.5
48.	Dent du Géant	13,166	456	Savoy Alps	.8
49.	Aiguille de Rochefort	13,127	348	Savoy Alps	.4
50.	Les Droites	13,123	669	Savoy Alps	.7

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List Description

This list was inspired by Richard Goedeke's guidebook The Alpine 4000m Peaks - by the Classic Routes, and many of the prominence numbers come from an early edition of this seminal work.

Selected Guidebook(s) for this List

The Alpine 4000m Peaks by the Classic Routes (Goedeke)

Caution: These books feature many of the peaks on this list, but may not have information on all of them.

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