Dufourspitze

Dufourspitze
French: Pointe Dufour, Italian: Punta Dufour, Romansh: Piz da Dufour
From the peak to the southeast towards Italy, the Dunantspitze in the rear hides the 18-metre lower Grenzgipfel (English: Border Summit)
Highest point
Elevation	4,634 m (15,203 ft)
Prominence	2,165 m (7,103 ft) ↓ Great St Bernard Pass[1] Ranked 7th in the Alps
Isolation	78.3 km (48.7 mi) → M Blanc de Courmayeur[2]
Listing	Country high point Canton high point Ultra Seven Second Summits
Coordinates	45°56′12.6″N 7°52′01.4″E / 45.936833°N 7.867056°E / 45.936833; 7.867056
Naming
Native name	Dufourspitze (German) Höchste Spitze (German) Gornerhorn (German)
English translation	Peak Dufour, Highest Peak, Large Horn
Geography
Dufourspitze Location in Switzerland Show map of Switzerland Dufourspitze Dufourspitze (Canton of Valais) Show map of Canton of Valais Dufourspitze Dufourspitze (Alps) Show map of Alps
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Valais
Parent range	Pennine Alps
Topo map	Swisstopo 1348 Zermatt
Climbing
First ascent	1 August 1855 by Matthäus and Johannes Zumtaugwald, Ulrich Lauener, Christopher and James Smyth, Charles Hudson, John Birkbeck and Edward Stephenson.
Easiest route	rock/snow/ice climb

The Dufourspitze is the highest peak of Monte Rosa, an ice-covered mountain massif in the Alps. Dufourspitze is the highest mountain of both Switzerland and the Pennine Alps and is also the second-highest mountain of the Alps and Western Europe, after Mont Blanc. It is located between Switzerland (Canton of Valais) and Italy (Piedmont and Aosta Valley). The peak itself is located wholly in Switzerland.

Following a long series of attempts beginning in the early nineteenth century, Monte Rosa's summit, then still called Höchste Spitze (English: Highest Peak), was first reached on 1 August, the Swiss National celebration day, in 1855 from Zermatt by a party of eight climbers led by three guides: Matthäus and Johannes Zumtaugwald, Ulrich Lauener, Christopher and James Smyth, Charles Hudson, John Birkbeck and Edward Stephenson.